A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities

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Thomas K. Hubbard
John Wiley & Sons, Nov 21, 2013 - Literary Criticism - 680 pages

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
 

Selected pages

Contents

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Title Page
Abbreviations
Note on Ancient Greek Words Names and Titles
Studies of Ancient Masculinity
Desirability and the Body
Foucaults History of Sexuality and
References
Guide to Further Reading
Notes
Sex in Ancient Greek and Roman Epic
Notes
References
The Body Politic Sexuality in Greek
References
Greek and Roman Ethnosexuality

References
Notes
Prostitution Controversies and
Ancient Pederasty An Introduction
Peer Homosexuality
Notes
References
From Ascesis to Sexual Renunciation
Notes
Sexual Abuse and Sexual Rights Slaves
Sumposion
Guide to Further Reading
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Military
References
The Focus on the Body
A New Discipline and Its Canon
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered Erotic
Platonic and Roman Influence on Stoic
Notes
References
Epistolography
Notes
Paths of Love Age and Gender Dynamics
References
Notes
Sexuality and Visual Representation
References
Early Christian Sexuality
References
References
References
Notes
Index of Ancient Works Cited
General Index

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About the author (2013)

Thomas K. Hubbard is Professor of Classics and holder of the Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professorship in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the editor of Greek Love Reconsidered (2000) and Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents (2003), and the author of numerous articles on ancient sexuality.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
EditorThomas K. Hubbard
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013
ISBN1118610687, 9781118610688
Length680 pages
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History / Ancient / General
History / General
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
  
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