Love between women
early Christian responses to female homoeroticism
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Author
Publication
1996 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, United Kingdom
Language
English
Word Count
103,000 words, Guess
Page Count
412 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22456493M
- ISBN-139780226075914
- ISBN-100226075915
- OCLC Control Number34322848
- OCLC Control Numberlovebetweenw_broo_1996_000_6266869
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number96004727
- Goodreads955633
- LibraryThing184098
Classifications
- DDC306.76/63/0901
- LCCBS2665.6.L47
- LCCBS2665.6.L47 B76 1996
Description
Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women.
First Sentence
Early Christianity emerged in a world in which people from various walks of life acknowledged that women could have sexual contact with women.
Description
Bernadette J. Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, from magical spells and medical texts to astrological horoscopes, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and discusses the surgical procedure of clitoridectomy as a method of controlling female homoeroticism. She incontrovertibly establishes the fact that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of sexual love between women. Culling significant information from her sources to illuminate the lives and beliefs of myriad ancient Mediterranean peoples, she gives a tour, at once delightful and distressing, of Roman-world attitudes.
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Series Statement
- The Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society
Other Editions
- Love between women: early Christian responses to female homoeroticism
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