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Greek homosexuality / K.J. Dover ; with forewords by Stephen Halliwell, Mark Masterson and James Robson.
Van Pelt Library HQ76.3.G8 D68 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dover, K. J. (Kenneth James), 1920-2010, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Greece--History.
- Homosexuality.
- Homosexuality--Law and legislation--Greece--History.
- Homosexuality and art--Greece.
- Homosexuality and art.
- Homosexuality and literature--Greece.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Homosexuality--Law and legislation.
- History.
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Civilization.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2016]
- Summary:
- Hasted as magisterial when it first appeared, Greek Homosexuality remains an academic milestone and continues to be of major importance for students and scholars of gender studies. Kenneth Dover explores the understanding of homosexuality in ancient Greece, examining a vast array of material and textual evidence that leads him to provocative conclusions. This new release of the 1989 second edition, for which Dover wrote an epilogue reflecting on the impact of his book, includes two specially commissioned forewords assessing the author's legacy and the place of his text within modern studies of gender in the ancient world. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Foreword: The Book and Its Author
- Foreword: The Book and its Influence
- I. Problems, sources and methods
- Scale
- The Visual Arts
- Literature
- Vocabulary
- II. The prosecution of Timarkhos
- The Law
- Male Prostitution
- Penalties
- Status
- Hubris
- Manifestations of Eros
- Defences against a Charge of Prostitution
- Eros and Desire
- Eros and Love
- Following and Fighting
- Homosexual Poetry
- Nature and Society
- Natural impulse
- Male and Female Physique
- Masculine and Feminine Styles
- Pursuit and Flight
- Courtship and Copulation
- Dominant and Subordinate Roles
- III. Special aspects and developments
- Publicity
- Predilections and Fantasies
- Comic Exploitation
- Philosophical Exploitation
- Women and Homosexuality
- IV. Changes
- The Dorians
- Myth and History
- Postscript, 1989.
- Notes:
- Previously published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1989. 2nd edition. Updated with new forewords and postscript.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-234) and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dover, K.J. (Kenneth James), 1920-2010, author. Greek homosexuality.
- ISBN:
- 9781474257152
- 1474257151
- OCLC:
- 920447432
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