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Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii

Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/67790 Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii Haskins, Susan ihoney.maree@gmail.com Maree, Inandi Unrestricted UCTD Humanities theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018. The study considers the different forms of conspicuous consumption displayed within Roman domestic spaces, with particular focus on the House of the Faun in Pompeii. Sumptuary laws aimed at women were used to identify how women displayed conspicuous consumption, which is used to identify the domestic display of conspicuous consumption from early second century BCE until 79 CE when Pompeii was destroyed. The house and the woman were equated because both are extensions of the paterfamilias. Thus, by firstly indicating that women in fact displayed conspicuous consumption and by utilising sumptuary laws, it is possible to demonstrate that conspicuous consumption was displayed in the domus even though no sumptuary laws existed aimed at the domus. The structure of the house is analysed as if it were women’s clothing and parameters for the basic layout of the house are established to indicate how those displaying conspicuous consumption deviated from the basic plan. In addition, parameters are similarly determined to analyse wall and floor art, furniture and sculptures, gardens, and water features that determine how conspicuous consumption was displayed in the House of the Faun. The concept of conspicuous consumption has to be understood as well as the socioeconomic circumstances under which it manifested during the Republic. The next key concept is Roman women and how they were a vehicle for conspicuous display in the private and public sphere. An analogy is created that equates the woman to the house in order to identify certain forms of conspicuous consumption. After identifying the ways women displayed status, the display of status in the domus is discussed from the outside inward, in other words, from the architectural structure moving inward to art, gardens and movable features. Ancient Languages MA Unrestricted 2018-12-05T08:04:56Z 2018-12-05T08:04:56Z 2009/05/18 2018 Dissertation Maree, I 2018, Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67790> S2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67790 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Unrestricted
UCTD
Humanities theses SDG-12
SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production
Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii
title Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii
title_full Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii
title_fullStr Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii
title_full_unstemmed Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii
title_short Conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space : the house of the Faun, Pompeii
title_sort conspicuous consumption in ancient roman domestic space the house of the faun pompeii
topic Unrestricted
UCTD
Humanities theses SDG-12
SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67790