When Men Were Men
Masculinity, Power and Identity in Classical Antiquity
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2013
272 pages
978-1-134-68670-4 (ISBN)
Description
When Men Were Men questions the deep-set assumption that men's history speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the history of classical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story.
With a preface by Sarah Pomeroy, this study employs different methodologies and focuses on a broad range of source materials, periods and places.
With a preface by Sarah Pomeroy, this study employs different methodologies and focuses on a broad range of source materials, periods and places.
Reviews / Votes
'An ideal companion to Thinking Men: Masculinity and its Self-representation in the Classical Tradition.' - Oxon Book Review'This book certainly deserves to be in college libraries as an important resource for the growing study of ancient social relations.' -The Anglo-Hellenic Review
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
31,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-68670-4 (9781134686704)
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01/2011
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04/1999
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Persons
Lin Foxhall is Reader in the School of Archaeological Studies at the University of Leicester. She is the co-editor, with A. S. E. Lewis, of Justifications not Justice: The Political Context of Law in Ancient Greece.
Content
Introduction, Lin Foxhall; Chapter 1 A brief history of tears, Hans van Wees; Chapter 2 The machismo of the Athenian empire - or the reign of the phaulus?, Paul Cartledge; Chapter 3 Violence, masculinity and the law in classical Athens, Nick Fisher; Chapter 4 Sex and paternity, Eireann Marshall; Chapter 5 The masculinity of the Hellenistic king, Jim Roy; Chapter 6 Sexing a Roman, Jane F. Gardner; Chapter 7 Experiencing the male body in Roman Egypt, Dominic Montserrat; Chapter 8 Imperial cult, Susan Fischler; Chapter 9 The cube and the square, Jill Harries; Chapter 10 'All that may become a man', Keith Hopwood; Chapter 11 Arms and the man, Richard Alston;
