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Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium: Art, Archaeology, and Ethnography by Sharon E.J. Gerstel (review)

Kondyli, Fotini

Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 2017-05, Vol.35 (1), p.261-264 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium: Art, Archaeology, and Ethnography by Sharon E.J. Gerstel (review)
Autor: Kondyli, Fotini
Assuntos: Anxieties ; Archaeology ; Byzantine Empire ; Clergy ; Ethnography ; Gerstel, Sharon E. J., -- author ; Inscriptions ; Politics ; Religion ; Religious organizations ; Rural areas ; Rural conditions ; Studies ; Women
É parte de: Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 2017-05, Vol.35 (1), p.261-264
Descrição: Gerstel's examination of village communities through the lens of different individuals, such as the priest, the widow, the miller, reveals economic and social inequalities within rural communities and argues against the idea of villagers as a uniform socioeconomic group. In both chapters, Gerstel juxtaposes villagers' socially accepted roles with the promiscuous behavior of liminal characters, such as the gossiping woman, the whore, and the miller, who can all be found among the sinners in Last Judgement depictions. [...]she approaches the church iconographic program as a painted commentary of accepted behavior and village order. [...]the Late Byzantine period was a time of political fragmentation, and many of the villages discussed in the book were controlled by different political regimes: [...]Gerstel highlights the need for further studies on the material and visual culture of the Byzantine village.
Editor: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Idioma: Inglês

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