Roman sexualities
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Author
Contributions
- Hallett, Judith P., 1944- - Contributor
- Skinner, Marilyn B. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
85,750 words, Guess
Page Count
343 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL666980M
- ISBN-100691011796
- OCLC Control Number36640758
- OCLC Control Numberromansexualities00hall
- Library of Congress Control Number97012684
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- Goodreads1520652
- LibraryThing426855
Classifications
- DDC306.7/0945/63
- LCCHQ13 .R65 1997
Description
This collection of essays seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a fuller picture of ancient sexuality. By applying feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, medicine, and political oratory, the essays explore the hierarchy of power reflected so strongly in most Roman sexual relations, where noblemen acted as the penetrators and women, boys, and slaves the penetrated. In many cases, the authors show how these roles could be inverted - in ways that revealed citizens' anxieties during the days of the early Empire, when traditional power structures seemed threatened.
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