The Feminine Matrix of Sex and Gender in Classical Athens

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/46845

Full metadata record

DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Gilhuly, Kate	-
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-22T09:12:47Z	-
dc.date.available	2019-02-22T09:12:47Z	-
dc.date.issued	2009	-
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-511-46358-7	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/46845	-
dc.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	-
dc.language	en	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press	en_US
dc.subject	Sex and Gender	en_US
dc.title	The Feminine Matrix of Sex and Gender in Classical Athens	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
Appears in Collections:	Gender

Files in This Item:

File	Description	Size	Format
44.Karin Kapadia.pdf		938.31 kB	Adobe PDF	View/Open