Marilyn B. Skinner

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This revised and extended second edition of the respected introduction to sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome provides an enhanced reader experience alongside extended coverage into the Christian era. A core text in Wiley's Ancient Cultures series, it combines fascinating detail from a range of sources with engaging and insightful commentary, adding historical perspective to contemporary sexual mores and gender attitudes.

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This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. * Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior * Expanded coverage extends to the advent of Christianity, includes added illustrations, and offers student-friendly pedagogical features * Text boxes supply intriguing information about tangential topics * Gives a thorough overview of current literature while encouraging further reading and discussion * Conveys the complexity of ancient attitudes towards sexuality and gender and the modern debates they have engendered

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2013
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 890g
• ISBN-13: 9781444349863
• ISBN-10: 1444349864
• Artikelnr.: 37331013

Autorenporträt

Marilyn B. Skinner is Professor of Classics Emerita at the University of Arizona. Her research has focused on notions of gender and sexuality in the ancient world. She is the author of Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister (2011), and co-editor of Narrating Desire: Eros, Sex, and Gender in the Ancient Novel (with M. P. F. Pinheiro and F. I. Zeitlin, 2012), and The New Sappho on Old Age: Textual and Philosophical Issues (with E. Greene, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations and Maps xii Preface to the First Edition xiv Preface
to the Second Edition xvii Acknowledgments xxi Abbreviations xxiii
Chronological Charts xxxv Maps Introduction: Why Ancient Sexuality? Issues
and Approaches 1 Thinking about Sexuality 4 Sex Changes 6 Checking the
Right Box 11 The Language and Ethos of Boy-love 17 Foul Mouths 27
Conclusion 32 Discussion Prompts 34 Further Reading 35 1 The Homeric Age:
Epic Sexuality 37 The Golden Goddess 39 Dynamics of Desire 46 The Baneful
Race of Women 49 Love under Siege 53 The Beguilement of Zeus 57
Alternatives to Penelope 60 Achilles in the Closet? 68 Conclusion 70
Discussion Prompts 74 Further Reading 74 2 The Archaic Age: Symposium and
Initiation 76 When the Cups Are Placed 78 Fields of Erotic Dreams 82
Singing as a Man . . . 99 . . . and Singing as a Woman 95 Boys into Men 62
Girls into Women 113 Conclusion 122 Discussion Prompts 126 Further Reading
127 3 Late Archaic Athens: More than Meets the Eye 128 Out of Etruria 130
Lines of Sight 134 Flirtation at the Gym 136 Party Girls 143 In the Boudoir
153 Bride of Quietness 157 Conclusion 159 Discussion Prompts 161 Further
Reading 162 4 Classical Athens: The Politics of Sex 166 More Equal than
Others 169 Pederasty and Class 175 Interview with the Kinaidos 187 In the
Grandest Families 198 Criminal Proceedings 206 His and Hers [or His] 209
Conclusion 218 Discussion Prompts 221 Further Reading 222 5 The Early
Hellenistic Period: Turning Inwards 224 Court Intrigues 230 Medicine and
the Sexes 235 From Croton to Crete 241 Safe Sex 247 Athenian Idol 255
Conclusion 263 Discussion Prompts 268 Further Reading 269 6 The Later
Hellenistic Period: The Feminine Mystique 271 Disrobing Aphrodite 272
Hellenes in Egypt 277 Love among the Pyramids 283 To Colchis and Back 293
Desiring Women - and their Detractors 296 Conclusion 303 Discussion Prompts
308 Further Reading 309 7 Early Rome: A Tale of Three Cultures 311 The
Pecking Order 314 Imported Vices 318 Bringing Women under Control 322
Butchery for Fun 333 Conclusion 338 Discussion Prompts 341 Further Reading
342 8 Republican and Augustan Rome: The Soft Embrace of Venus 344 Only
Joking 347 Young Men (?) in Love 353 Mother of All Empires 362 Domestic
Visibility 376 Going Too Far 378 Conclusion 382 Discussion Prompts 387
Further Reading 388 9 Elites in the Empire: Self and Others 390 Risky
Business 394 Boys Named Sue 400 Them 403 Roads to Romance 410 'Greek Love'
under Rome 415 Roads to Nowhere 420 Conclusion 429 Discussion Prompts 433
Further Reading 434 10 The Imperial Populace: Toward Salvation? 436 The 99%
441 Gravestones and Walls 445 In the Eye of the Beholder 453 "O Isis und
Osiris..." 460 Christian Continence 471 Things Fall Apart 475 Conclusion
480 Discussion Prompts 485 Further Reading 486 Afterword: The Use of
Antiquity 488 Glossary of Terms 527 Index

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"My upper-level students enjoyed Skinner's frank and engaging style, and appreciated her ability to navigate through contentious theoretical issues with discretion and clarity. The new features of the second edition further increase the value of what is by far the best survey of the subject available."
Anthony Corbeill, University of Kansas

"This book delivers but also exceeds what I'd hoped for in the second edition. In addition to an updated text and bibliography positioning the book in relation to scholarly developments, Skinner has added textboxes to stimulate class debate, and end-of-chapter 'discussion prompts' to encourage students' reflection upon our relationship with/estrangement from ancient sexuality."
Susan Deacy, University of Roehampton

"Skinner's revised and expanded second edition increases the chief pleasure of her first--to see a true scholar at work, formidably informed. Her scope of erudition embraces all manner of ancient testimony, from Greek romances to gravestones."
Micaela Janan, Duke University

"Thoroughly revised and with new sections and illustrations in each chapter, this book remains a landmark study of a complex yet fascinating subject. Written by a global authority in the field, it delivers rigorous, up-to-date scholarship in a style appealing to the non-specialist reader."
Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph's University

"A breathtaking synthesis of cutting edge research, this superb second edition of Skinner's magisterial overview of ancient sexuality combines sophistication with accessibility and remains an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and scholars."
Yurie Hong, Gustavus Adolphus College