04342nam 2200745I 450 991078384880332120231214233118.00-203-46275-01-280-32281-00-585-44873-60-203-41428-4(CKB)1000000000253643(EBL)178527(OCoLC)647380392(SSID)ssj0000309313(PQKBManifestationID)11227409(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309313(PQKBWorkID)10266937(PQKB)11161506(MiAaPQ)EBC178527(Au-PeEL)EBL178527(CaPaEBR)ebr10058345(CaONFJC)MIL32281(OCoLC)52628788(FlBoTFG)9780203414286(EXLCZ)99100000000025364320190401h20131994 uy 0engur||####|||||txtccrSex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature /by Dr Gwendolyn LeickFirst edition.Boca Raton, FL :Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge,[2013].©1994.1 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-31161-6 0-415-06534-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-310) and index.Front Cover; Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature; Copyright Page; Contents; List of plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes for non-Assyriologist readers; Abbreviations; Chronological chart; Map; Introduction; Part I:The Sumero-Akkadian tradition of the third andearly second millennia; 1. The Cosmological Articulation of Sexuality; 2. Masculine Sexuality in Sumerian Literature; 3. Enki and Ninhursaga: A Myth of Male Lust?; 4. From Adolescence to Maturity: The Myth of Enlil and Ninlil; 5. Phallicism in Sumerian Literature; 6. Femininity and Eroticism in Sumerian Literature7. The Bridal Songs8. Inanna and Her Brother; 9. Inanna Rejoicing in Her Vulva; 10. 'My Consort, Maid Inanna, Lady, Voluptuousness of Heaven and Earth'; 11. 'Words of Seduction': Courtly Love Poetry; 12. The Rites of Divine Love; 13. L'amour Libre or Sacred Prostitution?; 14. Liminal Sexuality: Eunuchs, Homosexuals and the Common Prostitute; Part II: Sources from the later second and first millennia; 15. Eroticism in Akkadian Literature; 16. Ballads, Hymns and Dialogues: Akkadian Love Poetry; 17. Love Magic and Potency Incantations; 18. Problematic Aspects of Sexuality: Sin and Pollution19. Witches, Demons and the Ambivalence of Love20. The Articulation of Sexual Jealousy; 21. Love and Eros in Akkadian Narrative Literature; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; IndexSex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature is a new contribution to current debates about sex and eroticism. It gives an insight into Mesopotamian attitudes to sexuality by examining the oldest preserved written evidence on the subject - the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources - which were written between the 21st and the 5th centuries B.C. Using these long-neglected and often astonishing data, Gwendolyn Leick is able to anlayse Mesopotamian views of prostitution, love magic and deviant sexual behaviour as well as more general issues of sexuality and gender. This fascinating book sheds light on the sexual culture of one of the earliest literate civilisations.Erotic literature, SumerianHistory and criticismErotic literature, Assyro-BabylonianHistory and criticismSex in literatureSex customsIraqHistoryEroticaIraqHistoryErotic literature, SumerianHistory and criticism.Erotic literature, Assyro-BabylonianHistory and criticism.Sex in literature.Sex customsHistory.EroticaHistory.899.950993538899/.95093538Leick Gwendolyn1951-2022,1449948Leick Gwendolyn1951-2022,FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910783848803321Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature3682593UNINA