Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture - Softcover

Skinner, Marilyn B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444349864 ISBN 13: 9781444349863

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

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

About this title

Book Description:

The emergence of modern narrative from Spanish-speaking Latin America represents one of the key cultural developments of the twentieth century. This book introduces readers to modern Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts, and to debates about how to read it. Latin American Fiction examines the phenomena of the New Novel and the Boom, as well as the related phenomenon of Magical Realism, placing them within the wider context of narrative production since Independence and more recent developments since the 1970s. It combines an overview of the evolution of Spanish American writing with detailed analyses of key texts from authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Isabel Allende. Other areas covered include nation-building narratives, nationalist and regionalist fiction, indigenism, "modernismo," the Post-Boom, and Hispanic fiction in the US.

From the Back Cover:

“Skinner’s revised and expanded second editionincreases the chief pleasure of her first—to see a truescholar at work, formidably informed. Her scope of eruditionembraces all manner of ancient testimony, from Greek romances togravestones.”

Micaela Janan, Duke University

 

“Thoroughly revised and with new sections andillustrations in each chapter, this book remains a landmark studyof a complex yet fascinating subject. Written by a global authorityin the field, it delivers rigorous, up-to-date scholarship in astyle appealing to the non-specialist reader.”

Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph'sUniversity 

 

“A breathtaking synthesis of cutting edge research, thissuperb second edition of Skinner's magisterial overview of ancientsexuality combines sophistication with accessibility and remains anindispensable resource for students, teachers, andscholars.”

Yurie Hong, Gustavus Adolphus College

 

 

This second edition of the authoritative guide to gender andsexuality in ancient Greece and Rome has been fully revised,augmented, and enhanced for greater student utility. New featuresinclude a separate glossary, focused discussion prompts, andsuggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter. Thetext remains the leading survey of a hugely diverse field thatencompasses everything from outrageous bawdry to idealizedpederasty. Engaging, accessible, and laced with humor, thenarrative begins with the Homeric era and now extends to the adventof Christianity as it eclipsed paganism across Europe andrecalibrated attitudes to sexuality and gender.

Drawing on literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence, aswell as on scholarly sources, the new edition introduces a numberof additional topics, including fuller theoretical analysis of keyconcepts such as sex, gender, and sexuality; cultural and religiousexchanges between Greeks and Egyptians; the mystique of Alexanderthe Great; and an entire chapter on the living conditions ofnon-elite Romans. The text combines fine cultural detail with abreadth of perspective, prompting readers to contrast ancient normsof sexual behavior with those of today, and contextualizes thelongstanding academic disputes over ancient sexuality. Strikinglyrelevant to our own understanding of the interplay between socialinstitutions and personal sexual conduct, this new edition, likeits forerunner, will be greatly valued by general and academicreaders alike.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1444349864
• ISBN 13: 9781444349863
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 464