How Long to Read Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome

How Long Does it Take to Read Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome by Sandra Rae Joshel

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

What was daily life like for a working man or woman in the Roman Empire? What was the meaning of labor for the laborer? Roman authors (who seldom were workers) depicted workers in ancient Rome but generally used stereotypes intended to amuse the upper class. "Common" men and women did write of their own lives, often poignantly and eloquently, in their epitaphs and votive dedications. At death they claimed the identity they had worked a lifetime to create. For many, the identity centered on occupation. In Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome, Sandra R. Joshel examines Roman commemorative inscriptions from the first and second centuries A.D. to determine ways in which slaves, freed slaves, and unprivileged freeborn citizens used work to frame their identities. ln the minutiae of the epitaphs and dedications she identifies the "language" of the inscriptions, through which the voiceless classes of Ancient Rome spoke. The inscriptions indicate the significance of work--as a source of community, a way to reframe the conditions of legal status, an assertion of activity against upper-class passivity, and a standard of assessment based on economic achievement rather than birth. Drawing on sociology, anthropology, ethnography, and women's history, this thoroughly documented volume illuminates the dynamics of work and slavery at Rome.

How long is Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome?

Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome by Sandra Rae Joshel is 239 pages long, and a total of 61,901 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome aloud.

What Reading Level is Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome?

Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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