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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4093; 809/.9336
• Soggetto topico: Human body in literature; Human body - History - Social aspects; Literature, Ancient - History and criticism
• Altri autori: MontserratDominic <1964->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Changing bodies, changing meanings
• ISBN: 1-134-77885-6; 1-280-10976-9; 1-134-77886-4; 0-585-45297-0; 0-203-43667-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806176603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II