Sex and society in Grµco-Roman Egypt / Dominic Montserrat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montserrat, Dominic, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex customs--Egypt--History.

Sex customs.

Egypt--History--Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011,c1996.

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sexuality in the ancient world has received much scholarly attention in the last few years, but authors have tended to confine themselves to the literary sources from Greece and Rome. There has also been a concentration on issues of social dominance and control at the expense of analysing the emotional and experiential aspects of sexual life, for which Egypt is a unique source. This is the first comprehensive study of sex in ancient Egypt. It considers sex in its broadest sense, analysing not only the sexual practices of individual people but also the ways in which sexual activity was indiv

Contents:

Front Cover; Sex and Society in Græco-Roman Egypt; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions used in the text; 1. Fragments for a Sexual History of Græco-Roman Egypt; 2. The Social Body; 3. The Sensual Body; 4. Marriage, Morality and Divorce; 5. Sex for Sale; 6. Homosexuality; 7. Festivals of Licence; 8. Sex Magic; 9. The Culture of Sex; Bibliography; Index of passages cited translated or discussed; Index

Notes:

First published in 1963 by Kegan Paul International.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-76062-8

0-429-23682-4

1-283-84337-4

1-136-76063-6

0-203-82189-0

9780429236822

OCLC:

823380416