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Changing bodies, changing meanings : studies on the human body in antiquity / edited by Dominic Montserrat.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human body in literature.
- Human body--History--Social aspects.
- Human body.
- Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.
- Literature, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; DISABLING BODIES; THE DYNAMICS OF BEAUTY IN CLASSICAL GREECE; EXUVIAS EFFIGIEMQUE: DIDO, AENEAS AND THE BODY AS SIGN; BODIES IN FLUX: OVID'S METAMORPHOSES; BODIES AND BLOOD: LATE ANTIQUE DEBATE ON MARTYRDOM, VIRGINITY AND RESURRECTION; READING THE DISJOINTED BODY IN COPTIC: FROM PHYSICAL MODIFICATION TO TEXTUAL FRAGMENTATION; THE IRRESISTIBLE BODY AND THE SEDUCTION OF ARCHAEOLOGY; UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS: MUMMIES AND THE EROTICS OF BIOGRAPHY
- NACKTLEBENBibliography; General index; Index of ancient sources
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-77885-6
- 1-280-10976-9
- 1-134-77886-4
- 0-585-45297-0
- 0-203-43667-9
- 9780203436677
- OCLC:
- 560255677
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