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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810332603321

Autore

Montserrat Dominic <1964-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-76062-8

0-429-23682-4

1-283-84337-4

1-136-76063-6

0-203-82189-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

306.7/0932

Soggetti

Sex customs - Egypt - History

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1963 by Kegan Paul International.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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