Roman sexualities
by Marilyn B. Skinner
This collection of essays seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a fuller picture of ancient sexuality.
By applying feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, medicine, and political oratory, the essays explore the hierarchy of power reflected so strongly in most Roman sexual relations, where noblemen acted as the penetrators and women, boys, and slaves the penetrated.
In many cases, the authors show how these roles could be inverted - in ways that revealed citizens' anxieties during the days of the early Empire, when traditional power structures seemed threatened.
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Feminist criticism, Social life and customs, History, In literature, Classical literature, Sex in literature, Sex customs, Rome, social life and customs, Rome, in literature, Rome, history, Classical literature, history and criticism, Sexual Behavior, Roman World, Sex, Literature, Gender Identity| Edition | Availability |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index.
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