Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture

! Read * Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture by Marilyn B. Skinner ¹ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture Michael Brown said Excellent scholarship. This is a well written and engaging book. Perhaps the best feature of the text is the authors great dexterity in stating and synthesizing the scholarship of others as well as formulating her own theories and speculations. Her accessibility and erudition are noteworthy. The one criticism of the text is that more than half of it deals with Greek culture and almost out of obligation continues into the . Five Stars Madaline Mocchi It was in great condition!

Author	:	Marilyn B. Skinner
Rating	:	4.15 (747 Votes)
Asin	:	0631232346
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	376 Pages
Publish Date	:	2016-03-07
Language	:	English

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Michael Brown said Excellent scholarship. This is a well written and engaging book. Perhaps the best feature of the text is the author's great dexterity in stating and synthesizing the scholarship of others as well as formulating her own theories and speculations. Her accessibility and erudition are noteworthy. The one criticism of the text is that more than half of it deals with Greek culture and almost out of obligation continues into the . Five Stars Madaline Mocchi It was in great condition!. "Kindle version lacks notes and annotations" according to Mariners' Fan. And that's why you shouldn't buy a Kindle. Buy a real book if you want the whole book, silly.

This book is comprehensive yet concise, theoretically sophisticated and yet accessible for an undergraduate reader.” Laura McClure, University of Wisconsin, Madison"For several reasons this book may be considered a masterpiece The book is eminently readable, with the occasional good sense of humour. Marilyn Skinner’s Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture does just that … Non-ideological, its vast scholarship distilled in elegant prose for the general reader, sensible in its judgements, and equipped with a formidable bibliography, this splendid book replaces all earlier works on the subject for those in search of knowledge rather than confirmation of their prejudices.” Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year)"This book is not only an overview of sexuality but also an introduction to all

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture is the first comprehensive survey of ancient Greek and Roman sexuality. Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior.Introduces readers to the bitter theoretical debates that have been fought about gender and sexuality in the classical world.The material is ordered chronologically.Draws parallels between ancient sexual ideology and contemporary culture.Draws on literary, artistic and archaeological sources, as well as secondary scholarly sources.Theoretically sophisticated and skillfully argued, yet accessible.