Roman Homosexuality: Second Edition

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Oxford University Press, Feb 1, 2010 - History - 512 pages
Ten years after its original publication, Roman Homosexuality remains the definitive statement of this interesting but often misunderstood aspect of Roman culture. Learned yet accessible, the book has reached both students and general readers with an interest in ancient sexuality. This second edition features a new foreword by Martha Nussbaum, a completely rewritten introduction that takes account of new developments in the field, a rewritten and expanded appendix on ancient images of sexuality, and an updated bibliography.
 

Contents

Slaves Prostitutes and Wives
7
2 Greece and Rome
59
3 The Concept of Stuprum
95
Photos
129
4 Effeminacy and Masculinity
137
5 Sexual Roles and Identities
177
Conclusions
247
Afterword to the Second Edition
253
Appendix 2 Marriage between Males
279
Appendix 3 A Note on the Sources
287
Appendix 4 Pompeiian Graffiti in Context
291
Notes
303
Works Cited
435
Index of Passages Cited
455
General Index
467
Copyright

Appendix 1 The Rhetoric of Nature
269

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Craig A. Williams is Associate Professor of Classics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

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