Roman sexualities /

"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, includi...

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Other Authors: Hallett, Judith P., 1944-, Skinner, Marilyn B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : quod multo fit in graecia / Marilyn B. Skinner
  • Invading the Roman body : manliness and impenetrability in Roman thought / Jonathan Walters
  • The teratogenic grid / Holt N. Parker
  • Unspeakable professions : public performance and prostitution in ancient Rome / Catharine Edwards
  • Dining deviants in Roman political invective / Anthony Corbeill
  • Ego mulier : the construction of male sexuality in Catullus / Marilyn B. Skinner
  • The erotics of amicitia : readings in Tibullus, Propertius, and Horace / Ellen Oliensis
  • Reading broken skin : violence in Roman elegy / David Fredrick
  • Pliny's brassiere / Amy Richlin
  • Female desire and the discourse of empire : Tacitus's Messalina / Sandra R. Joshel
  • Female homoeroticism and the denial of Roman reality in Latin literature / Judith P. Hallett
  • The lover's voice in Heroides 15 : or, why is Sappho a man? / Pamela Gordon
  • Tandem venit armor : a Roman woman speaks of love / Alison Keith.