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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783900403321

Titolo

Changing bodies, changing meanings : studies on the human body in antiquity / / edited by Dominic Montserrat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-77885-6

1-280-10976-9

1-134-77886-4

0-585-45297-0

0-203-43667-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MontserratDominic <1964->

Disciplina

306.4093

809/.9336

Soggetti

Human body in literature

Human body - History - Social aspects

Literature, Ancient - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity.