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Investigates the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. The book tracks the shifting application of stigmas of disrepute between the Republic and Late Antiquity by following groups of professionals - funeral workers, criers, tanners, mint workers, and even bakers - and asking how they coped with stigmatization.

Trade and Taboo Disreputable Professions in the

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472130085, 978-0472130085
      ISBN10: 0472130080

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      Book Synopsis
      Investigates the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. The book tracks the shifting application of stigmas of disrepute between the Republic and Late Antiquity by following groups of professionals - funeral workers, criers, tanners, mint workers, and even bakers - and asking how they coped with stigmatization.

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