Title:
A companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities / edited by Thomas K. Hubbard.
Author:
Hubbard, Thomas K., editor.
Publication Information:
Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2014.
Call Number:
PA3061 .C65 2014
Abstract:
"A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities presents a comprehensive collection of original essays relating to aspects of gender and sexuality in the classical world. Views the various practices and discursive contexts of sexuality systematically and holistically Discusses Greece and Rome in each chapter, with sensitivity to the continuities and differences between the two classical civilizations. Addresses the classical influence on the understanding of later ages and religion. Covers artistic and literary genres, various social environments of sexual conduct, and the technical disciplines of medicine, magic, physiognomy, and dream interpretation. Features contributions from more than 40 top international scholars "-- Provided by publisher.
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ISBN:
9781405195720
9781118610657
9781118610664
9781118610688
Series:
Blackwell companions to the ancient world
Blackwell companions to the ancient world.
Physical Description:
xxv, 651 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Feminist Theory, Marilyn B. Skinner; Studies of Ancient Masculinity, Mark Masterson; Desirability and the Body, Mark D. Stansbury-ODonnell; Foucaults History of Sexuality and the Discipline of Classics, Kirk Ormand; Greek and Roman Marriage, Allison Glazebrook and Kelly Olson; Prostitution: Controversies and New Approaches, Thomas A.J. McGinn; Ancient Pederasty: An Introduction, Andrew Lear; Peer Homosexuality, Thomas K. Hubbard; Female Homoeroticism, Sandra Boehringer; From Ascesis to Sexual Renunciation, Thomas K. Hubbard and Maria Doerfler; Sexual Abuse and Sexual Rights: Slaves Erotic Experience at Athens and Rome, Edward E. Cohen; Sumposion, Sean Corner; Sexuality in Greek and Roman Religion, Jennifer Larson; Sexuality in Greek and Roman Military Context, David D. Leitao; Athletics and Sexuality, Nick Fisher; Phusis and Sensuality: Knowing the Body in Greek Erotic Culture, Giulia Sissa; Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered: Erotic Magic in the Greco-Roman World, Radcliffe G. Edmonds III; Dream Interpretation, Physiognomy, Body Divination, Christophe Chandezon, Veronique Dasen, and Jerome Wilgaux; Sex in Ancient Greek and Roman Epic, Ingrid E. Holmberg; Erotic Lyric, Richard Rawles and Bartolo Natoli; Sexuality in the Extant Greek and Roman Tragedies, Hanna M. Roisman; The Body Politic: Sexuality in Greek and Roman Comedy and Mime, Monica Florence; Greco-Roman Satirical Poetry, Ralph M. Rosen and Catherine C. Keane; Greek and Roman Ethnosexuality, Joseph Roisman; Platonic and Roman Influence on Stoic and Epicurean Sexual Ethics, James Jope; Sexual Rhetoric: From Athens to Rome, Allison Glazebrook; Biography, Caroline Vout; Epistolography, Owen Hodkinson; Paths of Love: Age and Gender Dynamics in the Erotic Novel, T. Wade Richardson; Sexual Themes in Greek and Latin Graffiti, Craig Williams; Sexuality and Visual Representation, John R. Clarke; Sexuality in Jewish Writings from 200 BCE to 200 CE, Mary R. DAngelo; Early Christian Sexuality, Kathy L. Gaca; The Early Modern Erotic Imagination, Alastair J.L. Blanshard; Romantic Appropriations, Michael Matthew Kaylor; The Early Homophile Movement in Germany, Hans Peter Obermayer; Ancient Sexuality on Screen, Monica S. Cyrino.
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