{"product_id":"romans-and-blacks-routledge-revivals-hardback","title":"Romans and Blacks (Routledge Revivals) - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoman literature seems to provide plenty of instances of contempt towards foreign or black individuals, but it is an untenable assumption that such distaste amounts to a racist attitude, particularly considering how elusive the definitions of ‘race’ and ‘racism’ are. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking extensive use of developments in sociological theory and psychology, \u003ci\u003eRomans and Blacks\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1989, presents an innovative and illuminating picture of black-white relations in Roman society. It is argued that ‘race’ as a somatic identification that entails permanent and genetically transmitted social disabilities was absent, and that the main deference-entitling distinctions in the Roman world were socio-cultural rather than somatic. Therefore, Professor Thompson concludes, references to black skins and negroid features should be interpreted in aesthetic terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging study brings welcome clarity to the discussion of blacks in the Roman world, and is valuable for all students of race relations as well as classicists and historians. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45564998746350,"sku":"9780415749930","price":294.4,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415749930.jpg?v=1720674284","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/romans-and-blacks-routledge-revivals-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}