The perfect servant : eunuchs and the social construction of gender in Byzantium /
The Perfect Servant reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Kathryn Ringrose uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs as a distinct gender and to illustrate how gender was defined in the Byzantine world. At the same time she explores the changing role of the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | ACLS Fellows' publications.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Spelling Conventions for Greek Names; Acknowledgments; Introduction
- Eunuchs of Byzantium: Context and Definition; PART I GENDER AS SOCIAL CONSTRUCT; 1 The Language of Gender; 2 Byzantine Medical Lore and the Gendering of Eunuchs; 3 Gender Construction as Acculturation; 4 Making Sense of Tradition: Regendering Legendary Narratives; PART II BECOMING PROTAGONISTS; 5 Passing the Test of Sanctity: Eunuchs and the Ecclesiastical World of Byzantium; 6 Transgressing Gender Boundaries: Eunuchs in Authority; 7 Transcending the Material World: Eunuchs and Angels.
