ISBN: 9781441153371

Since the publication of Foucault's History of Sexuality the volume of Classical scholarship on gender, sexuality and the body has steadily increased in tandem with the expansion of these… Mehr…

Since the publication of Foucault's History of Sexuality the volume of Classical scholarship on gender, sexuality and the body has steadily increased in tandem with the expansion of these topics in other areas of the Humanities.This volume will provide readers with a substantial selection of primary sources documenting sexualities, sexual behaviors, and perceptions of sex, sexuality, gender, and the body among people in the ancient Greco-Roman world.The coverage will begin with Homer in the eighth century BCE and will focus most heavily on Classical Greece and Rome from the Republic to the early Empire, though sources reflecting societal changes in later antiquity and a selection of Jewish and Christian readings will also be included.Authors will include Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Galen, Ovid and Plutarch, with each chapter including one or two substantial 'focal' readings.The materials will include poetry, history, oratory, medical and philosophical writings, letters, and inscriptions, both public and private.; EPUB \ Anthony H. Cordesman; History & Transport > Humamities > History: earliest times to present day > Ancient history: to c 50, Center for Strategic & International Studies<

ISBN: 9781441153371

Since the publication of Foucault's History of Sexuality the volume of Classical scholarship on gender, sexuality and the body has steadily increased in tandem with the expansion of these… Mehr…

Since the publication of Foucault's History of Sexuality the volume of Classical scholarship on gender, sexuality and the body has steadily increased in tandem with the expansion of these topics in other areas of the Humanities.This volume will provide readers with a substantial selection of primary sources documenting sexualities, sexual behaviors, and perceptions of sex, sexuality, gender, and the body among people in the ancient Greco-Roman world.The coverage will begin with Homer in the eighth century BCE and will focus most heavily on Classical Greece and Rome from the Republic to the early Empire, though sources reflecting societal changes in later antiquity and a selection of Jewish and Christian readings will also be included.Authors will include Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Galen, Ovid and Plutarch, with each chapter including one or two substantial 'focal' readings.The materials will include poetry, history, oratory, medical and philosophical writings, letters, and inscriptions, both public and private.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humamities > History: earliest times to present day > Ancient history: to c 50, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers<

2012, ISBN: 9781441153371

eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing], Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012

2012, ISBN: 9781441153371

eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Bloomsbury Academic]

2012, ISBN: 9781441153371

eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Bloomsbury Academic]