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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476814303321

Autore

Moore Kenneth Royce

Titolo

Sex and the Second-Best City / / Kenneth Royce Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages)

Disciplina

306.7660938

Soggetti

Sex role

Sex

Homosexuality

History, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Abbreviations -- Currency ConversionPreface -- 1. Modern Theory, Ancient 'Sexuality' -- 2. The Laws in Context -- 3. Educating Magnesia: Developmental Psychology and Sex Role Stereotyping. -- 4. ANAPEIA: A Special Definition for Magnesia -- 5. Sex, the Myth of the Family and Plato's Stepchildren -- 6. A Brave New Femininity -- 7. Magnesian Moral Hygiene: Same-Sex Relations, Pleasure and Madness -- 8. General --  Conclusions -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

Sex and the Second-Best City deals with the topics of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to historical context and modern critical theory. It examines reconstructions of ancient "sexuality" with a view to increased clarification. The text of the Laws is considered, along with many of its literary qualities, its influences and the utopian plan that it proposes.