Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture |
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| Author:
| Skinner, Marilyn B. |
| Series title: | Ancient Cultures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-470-70609-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture is the first comprehensive survey of ancient Greek and Roman sexuality.
- Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior.
- Introduces readers to the bitter theoretical debates that have been fought about gender and sexuality in the classical world.
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Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture is the first comprehensive survey of ancient Greek and Roman sexuality.
- Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior.
- Introduces readers to the bitter theoretical debates that have been fought about gender and sexuality in the classical world.
- The material is ordered chronologically.
- Draws parallels between ancient sexual ideology and contemporary culture.
- Draws on literary, artistic and archaeological sources, as well as secondary scholarly sources.
- Theoretically sophisticated and skillfully argued, yet accessible.