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UNINA9910783900403321 |
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Titolo |
Changing bodies, changing meanings : studies on the human body in antiquity / / edited by Dominic Montserrat |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-77885-6 |
1-280-10976-9 |
1-134-77886-4 |
0-585-45297-0 |
0-203-43667-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MontserratDominic <1964-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human body in literature |
Human body - History - Social aspects |
Literature, Ancient - History and criticism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity. |
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