LEADER 04299nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910953676103321 005 20251116173236.0 010 $a0-203-46275-0 010 $a1-280-32281-0 010 $a0-585-44873-6 010 $a0-203-41428-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253643 035 $a(EBL)178527 035 $a(OCoLC)647380392 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309313 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227409 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309313 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10266937 035 $a(PQKB)11161506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058345 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32281 035 $a(OCoLC)52628788 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780203414286 035 $a(OCoLC)29670516 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB154245 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253643 100 $a19931222d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||####||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSex and eroticism in Mesopotamian literature /$fGwendolyn Leick 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d1994 215 $a1 online resource (331 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-31161-6 311 08$a0-415-06534-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-310) and index. 327 $aFront 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 Literature 327 $a7. 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 Pollution 327 $a19. Witches, Demons and the Ambivalence of Love20. The Articulation of Sexual Jealousy; 21. Love and Eros in Akkadian Narrative Literature; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 3 $aSex 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. 606 $aErotic literature, Sumerian$xHistory and criticism 606 $aErotic literature, Assyro-Babylonian$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSex in literature 606 $aSex customs$zIraq$xHistory 606 $aErotica$zIraq$xHistory 615 0$aErotic literature, Sumerian$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aErotic literature, Assyro-Babylonian$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSex in literature. 615 0$aSex customs$xHistory. 615 0$aErotica$xHistory. 676 $a899.950993538 676 $a899/.95093538 700 $aLeick$b Gwendolyn$f1951-$0651563 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953676103321 996 $aSex and eroticism in Mesopotamian literature$94491582 997 $aUNINA