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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Boehringer, Sandra (1972-....)
Titre(s) : Female homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome [Texte imprimé] / Sandra Boehringer ; translated from the French by Anna Preger
Traduction de : Homosexualité féminine dans l'Antiquité grecque et romaine
Publication : London : Routledge, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xliv, 380 pages) : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 349-372 and indexes
"This groundbreaking study, among the earliest syntheses on female homosexuality throughout
antiquity, explores the topic with careful reference to ancient concepts and views,
drawing fully on the existing visual and written record including literary, philosophical,
and scientific documents. Even today, ancient female homosexuals are still too often
seen in terms of a mythical, ethereal Sapphic love, or stereotyped as "Amazons" or
courtesans. Boehringer's scholarly book replaces these clichés with rigorous, precise
analysis of iconography and texts by Sappho, Plato, Ovid, Juvenal, and many other
lyric poets, satirists, and medical writers, in search of the prevailing norms, constraints,
and possibilities for erotic desire. The portrait emerges of an ancient society to
which today's sexual categories do not apply - a society "before sexuality" - where
female homosexuality looks very different, but is nonetheless very real. Now available
in English for the first time, Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome includes
a preface by David Halperin. The book will be of value to students and scholars of
ancient sexuality and gender, and to anyone interested in histories and theories of
sexuality"
Sujet(s) : Lesbianisme -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Lesbianisme -- Rome
Lesbianisme -- Dans la littérature -- Antiquité
Indice(s) Dewey :
306.766 3 (23e éd.) = Lesbianisme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780367744786. - ISBN 0367744783. - ISBN 9780367744762. - ISBN 0367744767. -
ISBN 9781003158080 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000396164 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000396140 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46880852s
Notice n° :
FRBNF46880852
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : toward a constructionist exploration of ancient sexuality ; Myth
and archaic lyric poetry : homoeroticism in the feminie ; Classical and Hellenistic
Greece : from silence to humor ; The Roman period : from mythical fiction to satire
; Epilogue : Lucian and the saturation of signs.