Title:	The Feminine Matrix of Sex and Gender in Classical Athens
Authors:	Gilhuly, Kate
Keywords:	Sex and Gender
Issue Date:	2009
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Description:	In The Feminine Matrix of Sex and Gender in Classical Athens, Kate Gilhuly explores the relationship between the prostitute, the wife, and the ritual performer in Athenian literature. She suggests that these three roles formed a symbolic continuum that served as an alternative to a binary conception of gender in classical Athens and provided a framework for assessing both masculine and feminine civic behavior. Grounded in close readings of four texts, “Against Neaira,”Plato’sSymposium,Xenophon’sSymposium,andAristophanes’Lysistrata, this book draws on observations from gender studies and the history of sexuality in ancient Greece to illuminate the relevance of these representations of womentocivicbehavior,pederasty,philosophy,andpolitics.Intheseoriginal readings, Gilhuly casts a new light on the complexity of the classical Athenian sex/gendersystemasshedemonstrateshowvariousandevenopposingstrategies worked together to articulate different facets of the Athenian subject
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/46845
ISBN:	978-0-511-46358-7
Appears in Collections:	Gender

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