When Men Were Men: Masculinity, Power and Identity in Classical Antiquity (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society)

ISBN 10: 041561936X / ISBN 13: 9780415619363

Published by Routledge, 2011

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When Men Were Men questions the deep-set assumption that men's history speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the history of classical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story.With a preface by Sarah Pomeroy, this study employs different methodologies and focuses on a broad range of source materials, periods and places. Editor(s): Foxhall, Lin; Salmon, John. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. . 2011. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When Men Were Men: Masculinity, Power and Identity in Classical Antiquity (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041561936X
• ISBN 13: 9780415619363
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

When Men Were Men questions the deep-set assumption that men's history speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the history of classical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story.
With a preface by Sarah Pomeroy, this study employs different methodologies and focuses on a broad range of source materials, periods and places.

About the Author

Lin Foxhall is Reader in the School of Archaeological Studies at the University of Leicester. She is the co-editor, with A. S. E. Lewis, of Justifications not Justice: The Political Context of Law in Ancient Greece.