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Amicitia in Plautus: A Study of Roman Friendship Processes
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Burton, PJ, Amicitia in Plautus: A Study of Roman Friendship Processes, American Journal of Philology, 125, (2) pp. 209-243. ISSN 0002-9475 (2004) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright © 2004 by The Johns Hopkins University Press
Official URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ajp/
DOI: doi:10.1353/ajp.2004.0016
Abstract
This article argues that a close reading of friendship practices in the plays of Plautus, in light of the relevant social science and anthropological literature on friendship, can help us establish the parameters, discourse, and behaviors associated with Roman friendship. Application of a new analytical framework for studying such relationships in ancient literature (a "processual model of friendship interaction") to the plays of Plautus increases our understanding of Roman amicitia in that it marks the relationship as a precious and all too rare social bond, fraught with paradox and ambivalence, and generative of tensions, anxieties, and asymmetries.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
| Research Group: | Literary Studies |
| Research Field: | Latin and Classical Greek Literature |
| Objective Division: | Cultural Understanding |
| Objective Group: | Understanding Past Societies |
| Objective Field: | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Burton, PJ (Dr Paul Burton) |
| ID Code: | 31009 |
| Year Published: | 2004 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 11 |
| Deposited By: | History and Classics |
| Deposited On: | 2004-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2009-06-15 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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