Sex in the Ancient World from A to Z

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-24252-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: The Ancient World from A to Z

In this fascinating and revealing A-to-Z, John G. Younger examines the sexual practices, expressions and attitudes of the Greeks and Romans, from Catullus and Caligula, to orgies and obscenity, and from abstinence and incest, to pederasty and prostitution.

The book opens with an overview of current thinking on ancient sex and sexuality, and goes on to provide an extraordinarily wide coverage of a sexual culture so very different from our own, approaching the subject from the perspectives of literature, history, archaeology and art.

Comprehensive, reliable and eye-opening, this A-to-Z illuminates an important aspect of the classical world. For those who want to take their reading further, there are numerous references to ancient sources and modern scholarship, as well as a separate section of works of art. This is an ideal introduction to and exploration of sex in the ancient world for readers at every level.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Younger, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Terminology Note to Readers Acknowledgements Theory and Modern Scholarship Theories List of Illustrations Sex in Antiquity A - Z Ancient Sources Cited Works of Art Cited Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

John G. Younger is professor of Classics and of Humanities and Western Civilisation at the University of Kansas. He has published widely on Minoan-Mycenaean art and scripts and on Classical Greek sculpture and gender and sexuality.