{"product_id":"place-and-performance-in-ancient-greece-rome-and-china-hardback-9781009390026","title":"Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China (Hardback) 9781009390026","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlace and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the interplay of place and performance in antiquity, including gendered social space, urban places, frontier realms, and funerals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHans Beck (Edited by), Griet Vankeerberghen (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009390026, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e486 pages, 6 b\/w illus.  8 colour illus.  10 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm, 0.85 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book examines the construction of space and place in early China and the ancient Mediterranean through the lens of performances conducted in specific locations. It highlights conceptions of place and performance, seeing both as crucial to the production of cultural meaning and communal cohesion, and as heavily dependent on the prevailing political culture. Whether urban or rural, global or local, central or fringe, public or private, real or imagined, theatrical or ritual, the places and performances highlighted serve to show both commonalities and differences between the ancient Mediterranean and early China. The range of places of comparison is also very diverse, including roads, gardens, neighbourhoods, hydraulic infrastructures, funerary performance, spectacles at court, and the everyday display of authority through clothing and fashion. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Series editors' preface\u003cbr\u003e Editors' preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: place and performance. Comparative remarks on Greece, Rome, and China Hans Beck and Griet Vankeerberghen\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Crafting Space and Place: 1. Theories of place across time and space: urban form in Ancient Rome and Han China Amy Russell\u003cbr\u003e 2. Local administration, history, and geography in the Han and Roman Empires: Ban Gu's Dili Zhi and Strabo's Geographika Luke Habberstad\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Performances of Power: 3. Power and its trappings in the Han and Roman Bureaucracies Taco Terpstra\u003cbr\u003e 4. The 'Performance' of agricultural labor in Ancient Rome and Han China Darian Marie Totten\u003cbr\u003e 5. Foreigners, spectacles, and imperial performance: Nero and emperor Wu of the Han Zhou Yiqun\u003cbr\u003e 6. The maiden and the mirror: exploring aspects of gendered social performance in the works of Plutarch and Sima Qian Chandra Giroux\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Urban Places: 7. Neighborhood life in Imperial Rome and Han Chang'an Ryan R. Abrecht\u003cbr\u003e 8. Society, cities, and the significance of 'Sacred Roads' in Archaic Greece, in the Chinese Qin and Han Empires and in the Archaic States of the Middle East Martin Mohr\u003cbr\u003e 9. Hydropolitical engineering in Rome and Chang'an. Water flows in the shape of power Jordan Christopher\u003cbr\u003e 10. Imperial gardens in Early Roman and Chinese Empires: a comparative study Wentian Fu\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Fringe Places and Endpoints: 11. Imitating the emperor? Cities and client kings in the Hellenistic East and the Western Regions of the Han Realm Alex McAuley\u003cbr\u003e 12. Traces of Han and Roman Frontiers: documents from Vindolanda and Jianshui Jinguan Charles Sanft\u003cbr\u003e 13. Money and the dead: coins and other money in Han Chinese and Imperial Roman Tombs and Funerals Tian Tian\u003cbr\u003e 14. Displaying the dead: funeral processions, tombs, performance and place in Ancient Rome and China Armin Selbitschka\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413997973784,"sku":"9781009390026","price":92.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009390026i.jpg?v=1784334807","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/place-and-performance-in-ancient-greece-rome-and-china-hardback-9781009390026","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}