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Explores how binary gender and behaviours of gender were actively challenged in classical antiquity Gender identity and expression in ancient cultures are questioned in these 15 essays in light of our new understandings of sex and gender. Using contemporary theory and methodologies this book opens up a new history of gender diversity from the ancient world to our own, encouraging us to reconsider those very understandings of sex and gender identity. New analyses of ancient Greek and Roman culture that reveal a history of gender diverse individuals that has not been recognised until recently.…mehr

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Explores how binary gender and behaviours of gender were actively challenged in classical antiquity Gender identity and expression in ancient cultures are questioned in these 15 essays in light of our new understandings of sex and gender. Using contemporary theory and methodologies this book opens up a new history of gender diversity from the ancient world to our own, encouraging us to reconsider those very understandings of sex and gender identity. New analyses of ancient Greek and Roman culture that reveal a history of gender diverse individuals that has not been recognised until recently. Taking an interdisciplinary approach these essays will appeal to classicists, ancient historians, archaeologists as well as those working in gender studies, transgender studies, LGBTQ+ studies, anthropology and women's studies. Allison Surtees is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. Jennifer Dyer is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Autorenporträt
Allison Surtees is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. Jennifer Dyer is Associate Professor in Gender Studies at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is the author of Serial Images: The Modern Art of Iteration (Lit Verlag, 2011).