The rhetoric of manhood : masculinity in the Attic orators / Joseph Roisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roisman, Joseph, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--Greece--Athens--History--classical age.

Masculinity.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Athens (Greece)--Civilization.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The concept of manhood was immensely important in ancient Athens, shaping its political, social, legal, and ethical systems. This book, a groundbreaking study of manhood in fourth-century Athens, is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of notions about masculinity found in the Attic orators, who represent one of the most important sources for understanding the social history of this period. While previous studies have assumed a uniform ideology about manhood, Joseph Roisman finds that Athenians had quite varied opinions about what constituted manly values and conduct. He situates the evidence for ideas about manhood found in the Attic orators in its historical, ideological, and theoretical contexts to explore various manifestations of Athenian masculinity as well as the rhetoric that both articulated and questioned it. Roisman focuses on topics such as the nexus between manhood and age; on Athenian men in their roles as family members, friends, and lovers; on the concept of masculine shame; on relations between social and economic status and manhood; on manhood in the military and politics; on the manly virtue of self-control; and on what men feared.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Manly Youth

2. The Roles And Responsibilities Of The Adult Male: Kurios, Husband, Son, Kinsman, Friend, And Citizen

3. Manly Shame

4. Manhood And Social Standing

5. Men In The Military

6. The Struggle Over Power

7. Men, Desires, And Self-Control

8. What Men Fear

Conclusion. Old Age And Manipulating Manhood

Works Cited

General Index

Index Locorum

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780520931138

0520931130

9781597348720

1597348724

OCLC:

475933780