Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity - Couverture souple

Williams, Craig A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195125053 ISBN 13 : 9780195125054

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

This comprehensive study of Roman sexuality and the ideologies of masculinity discusses a wide range of ancient texts, arguing that native Roman concepts of masculinity did not rely on the distinction between homosexuality and heterosexuality, but were instead structured around such antitheses as free versus slave, dominant versus subordinate, and masculine versus effeminate.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

...the scholarship is excellent... this study is highly informative and well-argued. (James E. Miller, Arch Sex Behav)

A landmark work of scholarship and should prove accessible to scholars of all disciplines (American Historical Review)

Williams presents a wealth of material that will intrigue the contemporary reader with its strangeness (American Historical Review)

Extraordinary clarity and persuasiveness ... this book may do more for the understanding of classical sexuality than any since Kenneth Dover's Greek Homosexuality of twenty years ago (W. V. Harris, Times Literary Supplement)

Présentation de l'éditeur

This comprehensive study of Roman sexuality and the ideologies of masculinity discusses a wide range of ancient texts, arguing that native Roman concepts of masculinity did not rely on the distinction between homosexuality and heterosexuality, but were instead structured around such antitheses as free vs. slave, dominant vs. subordinate, and masculine vs. effeminate.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195125053
• ISBN 13: 9780195125054
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 408
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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