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When men were men : masculinity, power and identity in classical antiquity / edited by Lin Foxhall and John Salmon.
Van Pelt Library HQ1090.7 G8 W49 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 8.
- Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity--History.
- Masculinity.
- History.
- Men--Greece.
- Men.
- Men--Rome.
- Civilization, Classical.
- Greece.
- Masculinity--Rome--History.
- Masculinity--Greece--History.
- Men--Rome--Social conditions.
- Men--Greece--Social conditions.
- Local Subjects:
- Masculinity--Rome--History.
- Masculinity--Greece--History.
- Men--Rome--Social conditions.
- Men--Greece--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Summary:
- This volume questions the basic assumption that men's history speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the story of classical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story. "When Men Were Men" examines a wide range of periods, places and topics, including gender differentiation in ancient Greece, the "machismo" of the Athenian Empire, and the masculinity of its king. Extending to later periods to discuss the male body in Roman Egypt, masculinity and male social roles in Roman Boiota, the book finally examines masculinity and power in Republican and Imperial Rome. Lin Foxhall and John Salmon employ a variety of critical approaches and methodologies to focus on a broad range of source materials illuminating the views of men in the Greek and Roman world.
- Contents:
- Brief history of tears / Hans Van Wees
- Machismo of the Athenian Empire, or the reign of the phaulus? / Paul Cartledge
- Violence, masculinity and the law in classical Athens / Nick Fisher
- Sex and paternity / Eireann Marshall
- Masculinity of the Hellenistic king / Jim Roy
- Sexing a Roman / Jane F. Gardner
- Experiencing the male body in Roman Egypt / Dominic Montserrat
- Imperial cult / Susan Fischler
- Cube and the square / Jill Harries
- All that may become a man / Keith Hopwood
- Arms and the man / Richard Alston
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-247) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0415146348
- OCLC:
- 38550085
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