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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Craig A Williams |
ISBN: | 0195113004 9780195113006 0195125053 9780195125054 |
OCLC Number: | 38097003 |
Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis. |
Description: | xii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Roman traditions: slaves, prostitutes, and wives -- Greece and Rome -- The concept of stuprum -- Effeminacy and masculinity -- Sexual roles and identities. |
Series Title: | Ideologies of desire. |
Responsibility: | Craig A. Williams. |
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Abstract:
This comprehensive study of Roman sexuality and the ideologies of masculinity discusses a wide range of ancient texts, arguing that native Roman concepts of masculinity did not rely on the distinction between homosexuality and heterosexuality.
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...the scholarship is excellent... this study is highly informative and well-argued. James E. Miller, Arch Sex Behav A landmark work of scholarship and should prove accessible to scholars of all disciplines American Historical Review Williams presents a wealth of material that will intrigue the contemporary reader with its strangeness American Historical Review Extraordinary clarity and persuasiveness ... this book may do more for the understanding of classical sexuality than any since Kenneth Dover's Greek Homosexuality of twenty years ago W. V. Harris, Times Literary Supplement Read more...
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