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OverviewClassicists have long wondered what everyday life was like in ancient Greece and Rome. How, for example, did the slaves, visitors, inhabitants or owners experience the same home differently? And how did owners manipulate the spaces of their homes to demonstrate control or social hierarchy? To answer these questions, Hannah Platts draws on a diverse range of evidence and an innovative amalgamation of methodological approaches to explore multisensory experience – auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory and visual – in domestic environments in Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum for the first time, from the first century BCE to the second century CE. Moving between social registers and locations, from non-elite urban dwellings to lavish country villas, each chapter takes the reader through a different type of room and offers insights into the reasons, emotions and cultural factors behind perception, recording and control of bodily senses in the home, as well as their sociological implications. Multisensory Living in Ancient Rome will appeal to all students and researchers interested in Roman daily life and domestic architecture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hannah Platts (University of Royal Holloway, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.508kg ISBN: 9781350194496ISBN 10: 1350194492 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 17 June 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Smelling, Touching, Hearing, Tasting and Seeing the Roman Home Chapter 2: Sensing Status? Multisensory Awareness and Power Display in the Roman Domestic Realm Chapter 3: The Impact of Streetscapes on the Domestic Realm Chapter 4: Initial Perceptions: Controlling Access and Multisensory Experience in the Atrium-Tablinum. Chapter 5: 'Public' and 'Private': Multisensory Perception and the Roman cubiculum Chapter 6: Beyond Taste: The Multisensory Experience of Roman Dining in the Domestic Sphere. Chapter 7: Housing the Foul: Kitchens and Toilets in the Roman Home. Chapter 8 - Conclusion: Sensing Status - Approaching a Lived Experience of the Roman House Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsPlatt's examination of multisensory experiences within the household is current and exciting, contributing insightful interpretations of the domestic sphere to the field of sensory studies. * The Classical Review * Platt’s examination of multisensory experiences within the household is current and exciting, contributing insightful interpretations of the domestic sphere to the field of sensory studies. * The Classical Review * Author InformationHannah Platts is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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