{"product_id":"the-world-of-roman-song-from-ritualized-speech-to-social-order-hardcover-1","title":"The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Habinek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Classics and Ancient History award in the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards given by the Association of American Publishers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this bold work, Thomas Habinek offers an entirely new theoretical perspective on Roman cultural history. Although English words such as \"literature\" and \"religion\" have their origins in Latin, the Romans had no such specific concepts. Rather, much of the sense of these words was captured in the Latin word \u003ci\u003ecarmen\u003c\/i\u003e, usually translated into English as \"song.\" Habinek argues that for the Romans, \"song\" encompassed a wide range of ritualized speech, including elements of poetry, storytelling, and even the casting of spells. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabinek begins with the fraternal societies, or \u003ci\u003esodalitates\u003c\/i\u003e, which predated the Republic and endured into the Imperial era, and whose rites, although adapted over time to different deities and cults, were from the beginning centered on song (perhaps most notably in the ancient \u003ci\u003eCarmen Saliare\u003c\/i\u003e). He goes on to show how this early use of song became a paradigm for cultural reproduction throughout Roman history. Ritual mastery of the chaos of everyday life, embodied and enacted in song, produced and transmitted the beliefs on which Roman culture was founded and by which Roman communities were sustained. By the emergence of the Empire, \"song,\" in all of its senses, served in particular to reproduce the power of the state, organizing relations of power at every level of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World of Roman Song\u003c\/i\u003e presents a systematic and comprehensive approach to Roman cultural history. Informed and imaginative, this book challenges classicists, social theorists, and literary scholars to engage in a provocative discussion of the power of song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Habinek\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of classics at the University of Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9.16 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776059957445,"sku":"9780801881053","price":92.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/MrBsaQTgVa9780801881053_c6d8c25a-ce05-4d12-ae47-2f87ebad5ed5.webp?v=1770543625","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-world-of-roman-song-from-ritualized-speech-to-social-order-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}