Sexuality and Gender in the Classical World Readings and Sources

Name: Sexuality and Gender in the Classical World Readings and Sources
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ISBN: 9780631225898

ISBN-10: 0631225897

ISBN-13: 9780631225898

Edition: 2002

Authors: Laura K. McClure

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This book explores the fascinating world of sex and gender roles in the classical period. It provides readers with essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world. They are accessible to general readers whilst also challenging them to confront problems of evidence and interpretation, new theories and methodologies, and contemporary assumptions about gender and sexuality. The essays cover a broad spectrum of scholarly perspectives, and trace the debates and themes of the field from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. They also address a range of literary and non-literary genres, including some non-canonical sources such as medical writings…

Book details

List price: $63.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/27/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.05" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.100



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Editor's Introduction



Greece



Classical Attitudes to Sexual Behaviour




Double-Consciousness in Sappho's Lyrics




Bound to Bleed: Artemis and Greek Women




Playing the Other: Theater, Theatricality, and the Feminine in Greek Drama




Rome



The Silent Women of Rome




The Body Female and the Body Politic: Livy's Lucretia and Verginia




Mistress and Metaphor in Augustan Excerpts




Pliny's Brassiere Excerpt




Classical Tradition



"The Voice of the Shuttle Is Ours." Excerpt