Ethnography after antiquity : foreign lands and peoples in Byzantine literature

Ethnography after antiquity : foreign lands and peoples in Byzantine literature / Anthony Kaldellis.

This explores the modes and motivations of Byzantine ethnographic writing, shedding new light on how Byzantines distinguished themselves from foreign cultures.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaldellis, Anthony (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Empire and after.
Subjects:	Byzantine literature > Themes, motives. Cultural awareness > Byzantine Empire. Ethnic attitudes in literature. Ethnic attitudes > Byzantine Empire. Ethnology > Byzantine Empire. Foreign countries in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Cultural awareness Ethnic attitudes Ethnic attitudes in literature Ethnology Foreign countries in literature Byzantine Empire
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Table of Contents:

Ethnography in Late Antique Historiography
Byzantine Information : Gathering Behind the Veil of Silence
Explaining the Relative Decline of Ethnography in the Middle Period
The Genres and Politics of Middle Byzantine Ethnography
Ethnography in Palaiologan Literature
Epilogue : Looking to a New World.