2009, ISBN: 9780226075938

Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world… Mehr…

Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women.&quote;An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A definitive source for all future discussion of homoeroticism and the Bible.&quote; Mary Rose D'Angelo, Harvard Gay &amp; Lesbian Review&quote;[Brooten's] convincing analysis . . . not only profoundly reshapes our understanding of the past, but it should also shape the way in which that past, particularly the early Christian texts with their immense normative weight, will be used for the future.&quote; Anne L. Clark, Journal of Lesbian Studies&quote;Love Between Women gives contemporary debates on sexuality a carefully delineated past. It boldly insists upon a different future, one informed by history but not tyrannized by it.&quote; Susan Ackerman, Lambda Book Report&quote;Fascinating, provocative and lucid. . . . Brooten has made a fundamental contribution to women's and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and classics.&quote; Elizabeth A. Castelli, Women's Review of BooksWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Studies Book, 1997, [PU: University of Chicago Press], Seiten: 446, University of Chicago Press, 2009<

2009, ISBN: 9780226075938

Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world… Mehr…

Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women.&quote;An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A definitive source for all future discussion of homoeroticism and the Bible.&quote;-Mary Rose D'Angelo, Harvard Gay &amp; Lesbian Review&quote;[Brooten's] convincing analysis . . . not only profoundly reshapes our understanding of the past, but it should also shape the way in which that past, particularly the early Christian texts with their immense normative weight, will be used for the future.&quote;-Anne L. Clark, Journal of Lesbian Studies&quote;Love Between Women gives contemporary debates on sexuality a carefully delineated past. It boldly insists upon a different future, one informed by history but not tyrannized by it.&quote;-Susan Ackerman, Lambda Book Report&quote;Fascinating, provocative and lucid. . . . Brooten has made a fundamental contribution to women's and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and classics.&quote;-Elizabeth A. Castelli, Women's Review of BooksWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Studies Book, 1997, [PU: University of Chicago Press], Seiten: 446, University of Chicago Press, 2009<

ISBN: 9780226075938

Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages… Mehr…

Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women."An extraordinary accomplishment.... A definitive source for all future discussion of homoeroticism and the Bible."—Mary Rose D'Angelo, Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review "[Brooten's] convincing analysis... not only profoundly reshapes our understanding of the past, but it should also shape the way in which that past, particularly the early Christian texts with their immense normative weight, will be used for the future."—Anne L. Clark, Journal of Lesbian Studies " Love Between Women gives contemporary debates on sexuality a carefully delineated past. It boldly insists upon a different future, one informed by history but not tyrannized by it."—Susan Ackerman, Lambda Book Report "Fascinating, provocative and lucid.... Brooten has made a fundamental contribution to women's and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and classics."—Elizabeth A. Castelli, Women's Review of Books Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Studies Book, 1997 Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism University of Chicago Press Sociology 9780226075914, 9780226075921 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Social Sciences, The University of Chicago Press<

ISBN: 9780226075938

Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages… Mehr…

Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women."An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A definitive source for all future discussion of homoeroticism and the Bible."—Mary Rose D'Angelo, Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review"[Brooten's] convincing analysis . . . not only profoundly reshapes our understanding of the past, but it should also shape the way in which that past, particularly the early Christian texts with their immense normative weight, will be used for the future."—Anne L. Clark, Journal of Lesbian Studies"Love Between Women gives contemporary debates on sexuality a carefully delineated past. It boldly insists upon a different future, one informed by history but not tyrannized by it."—Susan Ackerman, Lambda Book Report"Fascinating, provocative and lucid. . . . Brooten has made a fundamental contribution to women's and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and classics."—Elizabeth A. Castelli, Women's Review of BooksWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Studies Book, 1997; PDF; History & Transport > Humanities > General & world history, University of Chicago Press<

ISBN: 9780226075938

Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages… Mehr…

Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women."An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A definitive source for all future discussion of homoeroticism and the Bible."—Mary Rose D'Angelo, Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review"[Brooten's] convincing analysis . . . not only profoundly reshapes our understanding of the past, but it should also shape the way in which that past, particularly the early Christian texts with their immense normative weight, will be used for the future."—Anne L. Clark, Journal of Lesbian Studies"Love Between Women gives contemporary debates on sexuality a carefully delineated past. It boldly insists upon a different future, one informed by history but not tyrannized by it."—Susan Ackerman, Lambda Book Report"Fascinating, provocative and lucid. . . . Brooten has made a fundamental contribution to women's and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and classics."—Elizabeth A. Castelli, Women's Review of BooksWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Studies Book, 1997; PDF; History & Transport > Humanities > General & world history, University of Chicago Press<