SEXUALITY AND GENDER IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD; Readings and Sources

McClure, Laura K. (Ed. )

ISBN 10: 0631225897 / ISBN 13: 9780631225898

Published by Blackwell Publishers, 2002

About this Item

Writing in pen or pencil to about 20 pages. 1 corner a bit edgeworn.; This volume provides essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world; 336 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SEXUALITY AND GENDER IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD; Readings and Sources
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631225897
• ISBN 13: 9780631225898
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women's & Gender Studies
  • Classical Studies

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Synopsis

This volume provides essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, tracing the debates from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.

About the Author

Laura K. McClure is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Her books include Spoken Like a Woman: Speech and Gender in Athenian Drama (1999), and an edited volume, Making Silence Speak: Women's Voices in Greek Literature and Society (co-ed. with Andre Lardinois, 2001). She has also published articles on Athenian tragedy, the classical tradition and ancient gender studies. Her current research focuses on the representation of courtesans in second sophistic literature.