Roman Homosexuality : Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical AntiquityOxford University Press, USA, 12 mag 1999 - 416 pagine This book provides a thoroughly documented discussion of ancient Roman ideologies of masculinity and sexuality with a focus on ancient representations of sexual experience between males. It gathers a wide range of evidence from the second century B.C. to the second century A.D.--above all from such literary texts as courtroom speeches, love poetry, philosophy, epigram, and history, but also graffiti and other inscriptions as well as artistic artifacts--and uses that evidence to reconstruct the contexts within which Roman texts were created and had their meaning. The book takes as its starting point the thesis that in order to understand the Roman material, we must make the effort to set aside any preconceptions we might have regarding sexuality, masculinity, and effeminacy. Williams' book argues in detail that for the writers and readers of Roman texts, the important distinctions were drawn not between homosexual and heterosexual, but between free and slave, dominant and subordinate, masculin and effeminate as conceived in specifically Roman terms. Other important questions addressed by this book include the differences between Roman and Greek practices and ideologies; the influence exerted by distinctively Roman ideals of austerity; the ways in which deviations from the norms of masculine sexual practice were negotiated both in the arena of public discourse and in real men's lives; the relationship between the rhetoric of "nature" and representations of sexual practices; and the extent to which same-sex marriages were publicly accepted. |
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Pagina vii
... Behavior Boys and Girls 19 Dirty Jokes 28 Slaves , Male and Female 17 30 Slaves in Plautus 34 Slaves and Luxury 37 Prostitutes , Male and Female 38 Men and Their Wives 47 Jupiter and Ganymede 56 Hadrian and Antinous 60 2 Greece and Rome ...
... Behavior Boys and Girls 19 Dirty Jokes 28 Slaves , Male and Female 17 30 Slaves in Plautus 34 Slaves and Luxury 37 Prostitutes , Male and Female 38 Men and Their Wives 47 Jupiter and Ganymede 56 Hadrian and Antinous 60 2 Greece and Rome ...
Pagina ix
... Behavior 231 Contra Naturam 234 Appendix 2 Marriage between Males 245 Appendix 3 A Note on the Sources 253 Notes 259 Works Cited 367 Index of Passages Cited 376 General Index 391 Photos follow page 124 ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations for ...
... Behavior 231 Contra Naturam 234 Appendix 2 Marriage between Males 245 Appendix 3 A Note on the Sources 253 Notes 259 Works Cited 367 Index of Passages Cited 376 General Index 391 Photos follow page 124 ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations for ...
Pagina 3
... behavior , and one of the central aims of this study is to explore those differences . But how can we make such claims concerning an ancient culture , or indeed any culture ? What precisely is the nature of these claims ? What was the ...
... behavior , and one of the central aims of this study is to explore those differences . But how can we make such claims concerning an ancient culture , or indeed any culture ? What precisely is the nature of these claims ? What was the ...
Pagina 9
... behavior that is detectable in the surviving sources : the discourse of masculinity.31 It is of course the representations that are the most easily apprehensible for us today , since , unlike anthropologists studying contemporary ...
... behavior that is detectable in the surviving sources : the discourse of masculinity.31 It is of course the representations that are the most easily apprehensible for us today , since , unlike anthropologists studying contemporary ...
Pagina 11
... different from the Republic , I aim to demonstrate that the traditional codes governing sexual behavior , and the conceptual systems informing those codes , underwent no alterations in Introduction 11 The Question of Diachronic Change.
... different from the Republic , I aim to demonstrate that the traditional codes governing sexual behavior , and the conceptual systems informing those codes , underwent no alterations in Introduction 11 The Question of Diachronic Change.
Sommario
Slaves Prostitutes and Wives | 15 |
Greece and Rome | 62 |
The Concept of Stuprum | 96 |
Effeminacy and Masculinity | 125 |
Sexual Roles and Identities | 160 |
Conclusions | 225 |
The Rhetoric of Nature and SameSex Practices | 231 |
Marriage between Males | 245 |
Notes | 259 |
Works Cited | 367 |
391 | |
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