Identity theft in the ancient Mediterranean world [videorecording] / [lecture by] Eric Gruen ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Identity theft in the ancient Mediterranean world [videorecording] / [lecture by] Eric Gruen ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Most scholars believe ancient peoples constructed their cultural identities by invoking negative stereotypes of foreign "others." Erich Gruen of the University of California, Berkeley and Getty Villa Professor 2007-2008, argues that the ancients often associated themselves positively with others by "stealing" their identities for themselves. Gruen discusses how this impacts our understanding of their societies.

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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