Pornography and Representation in Greece and Rome
Pornography and Representation in Greece and Rome

Author: Amy Richlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 9780195067231

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The first large-scale application of feminist theory to the study of Greek and Roman cultures, this book points to some striking similarities between our culture and that of the ancient world, challenging Foucauldian assumptions about the nature of sexuality. Covering such topics as vase painting, tragic and comic drama from fifth-century Athens, Hellenistic philosophy and sex manuals, Roman history, poetry, wall-painting, representations of gladiatorial combat, and romance novels, the contributors approach sexuality from both sides of the feminist pornography debate, including the use of film theory. A path-breaking application of feminist theory to the study of Greek and Roman cultures, this text offers new insight into the notion of sexuality in the ancient world.

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature

Author: Marguerite Johnson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0415173302

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This Sourcebook contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity. The detailed introduction provides full social and historical context for the sources, and guides students on how to use the material most effectively. Themes such as marriage, prostitution and same-sex attraction are presented comparatively, with material from the Greek and Roman worlds shown side by side. This approach allows readers to interpret the written records with a full awareness of the different context of these separate but related societies. Commentaries are provided throughout, focusing on vocabulary and social and historical context. This is the first major sourcebook on ancient sexuality; it will be of particular use on related courses in classics, ancient history and gender studies.

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture

Author: Marilyn B. Skinner

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-08-19

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1444349864

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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

Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome
Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author: Golden Mark Golden

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1474468543

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This volume collects and introduces some of the best writing on sexual behaviour and gender differences in ancient Greece and Rome including four chapters newly translated from German and French. For centuries discussions of sexuality and gender in the ancient world, if they took place at all, focussed on how the roles and spheres of the sexes were divided. While men occupied the public sphere of the community, ranged through the Greek and Roman worlds and participated in politics, courts, theatre and sport, women kept to the home. Sex occupied a separate sphere, in scholarly terms restricted to specialists in ancient medicine. And then the subjects were transformed, first by Sir Kenneth Dover, then by Michel Foucault.This book charts and illustrates the extraordinary evolution of scholarly investigation of a once hidden aspect of the ancient world. In doing so it sheds light on fascinating and curious aspects of ancient lives and thought.

Greek and Roman Sexualities: A Sourcebook
Greek and Roman Sexualities: A Sourcebook

Author: Jennifer Larson

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1441123423

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Since the publication of Foucault's History of Sexuality the volume of Classical scholarship on gender, sexuality and the body has steadily increased in tandem with the expansion of these topics in other areas of the Humanities. This volume will provide readers with a substantial selection of primary sources documenting sexualities, sexual behaviors, and perceptions of sex, sexuality, gender, and the body among people in the ancient Greco-Roman world. The coverage will begin with Homer in the eighth century BCE and will focus most heavily on Classical Greece and Rome from the Republic to the early Empire, though sources reflecting societal changes in later antiquity and a selection of Jewish and Christian readings will also be included. Authors will include Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Galen, Ovid and Plutarch, with each chapter including one or two substantial 'focal' readings. The materials will include poetry, history, oratory, medical and philosophical writings, letters, and inscriptions, both public and private.

Homosexuality in Greece and Rome
Homosexuality in Greece and Rome

Author: Thomas K. Hubbard

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2003-05-12

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 0520223810

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Important primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome are translated into modern, explicit English and collected together in this comprehensive sourcebook. Covering an extensive period, the volume includes writings by Plato, Sappho Aeschines, Catullus and Juvenal.

The Pornography of Representation
The Pornography of Representation

Author: Susanne Kappeler

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-05-03

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0745667376

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This book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re-examines the artistic distinctions between fantasy and reality, pornography and erotica, and challenges the legal definition of obscenity as well as the intellectual defence of 'freedom of expression'. By linking images of actual violence with the imaginative portrayal of women in the realm of the aesthetic, she establishes vital connections between modes of representation and social forms of power and domination. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of pornography and sexual politics and related debates in literary criticism and cultural studies.

Gender and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture
Gender and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture

Author: Rosemary J. Barrow

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1107039541

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Offers analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, and art history.

A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities
A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities

Author: Thomas K. Hubbard

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-11-21

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1118610687

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A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities presents a comprehensive collection of original essays relating to aspects of gender and sexuality in the classical world. Views the various practices and discursive contexts of sexuality systematically and holistically Discusses Greece and Rome in each chapter, with sensitivity to the continuities and differences between the two classical civilizations Addresses the classical influence on the understanding of later ages and religion Covers artistic and literary genres, various social environments of sexual conduct, and the technical disciplines of medicine, magic, physiognomy, and dream interpretation Features contributions from more than 40 top international scholars