Prostitutes and courtesans in the ancient world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Laura K. McClure

• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: x, 360 p
• Disciplina: 306.74/0938
• Soggetto topico: Prostitution - Greece - History; Prostitution - Rome - History; Courtesans - Greece - History; Courtesans - Rome - History; Sex role - Greece - History - To 1500; Sex role - Rome - History - To 1500
• Altri autori: FaraoneChristopher A McClureLaura <1959->
• Note generali: Papers from the conference, "Prostitution in the Ancient World," held in Madison, April 12-14, 2002, hosted by the Classics and Hebrew and Semitic Studies department at the University.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-327) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Prostitution and the Sacred -- Marriage, Divorce, and the Prostitute in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Prostitution in the Social World and the Religious Rhetoric of Ancient Israel -- Heavenly Bodies: Monuments to Prostitutes in Greek Sanctuaries -- Sacred Prostitution in the First Person -- Legal and Moral Discourses on Prostitution -- Free and Unfree Sexual Work: An Economic Analysis of Athenian Prostitution -- The Bad Girls of Athens: The Image and Function of Hetairai in Judicial Oratory -- The Psychology of Prostitution in Aeschines' Speech against Timarchus -- Zoning Shame in the Roman City -- The Politics of Prostitution: Clodia, Cicero, and Social Order in the Late Roman Republic -- Matrona and Whore: Clothing and Definition in Roman Antiquity -- Prostitution, Comedy, and Public Performance -- Priestess and Courtesan: The Ambivalence of Female Leadership in Aristophanes' Lysistrata -- A Courtesan's Choreography: Female Liberty and Male Anxiety at the Roman Dinner Party -- Infamous Performers: Comic Actors and Female Prostitutes in Rome -- The Phallic Lesbian: Philosophy, Comedy, and SocialInversion in Lucian's Dialogues of the Courtesans -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Index Locorum.
• Titolo autorizzato: Prostitutes and courtesans in the ancient world
• ISBN: 1-282-26994-1; 9786612269943; 0-299-21313-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815929703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wisconsin studies in classics.