Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Date: 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated wraps with trace edgewear and light uneven sunning. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Prev owner name to half-title page. Stamp to fore edge of text block. No stickers. Not ex-library. 343 pp. 1997. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691011788 9780691011783 [US]

Princeton University Press. Good. Date: 1997. Paperback. 0691011788 . Staining to foreedges of some pages (moisture). ; This collection of essays seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a fuller picture of ancient sexuality. By applying feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, medicine, and political oratory, the essays explore the hierarchy of power reflected so strongly in most Roman sexual relations, where noblemen acted as the penetrators and women, boys, and slaves the penetrated. In many cases, the authors show how these roles could be inverted--in ways that revealed citizens' anxieties during the days of the early Empire, when traditional power structures seemed threatened. In the essays, Jonathan Walters defines the impenetrable male body as the ideational norm; Holt Parker and Catharine Edwards treat literary and legal models of male sexual deviance; Anthony Corbeill unpacks political charges of immoral behavior at banquets, while Marilyn B. Skinner, Ellen Oliensis, and David Fredrick trace linkages between social status and the gender role of the male speaker in Roman lyric and elegy; Amy Richlin interrogates popular medical belief about the female body; Sandra R. Joshel examines the semiotics of empire underlying the historiographic portrayal of the empress Messalina; Judith P. ...

Princeton University Press. Used - Very Good. 1997. New.. Paperback. Octavo. x & 343 pp. Mild shelf wear and significant cockling to wraps. Contents very sound. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Women's Studies). Princeton University Press ISBN 0691011788 9780691011783 [US]

Paperback / softback. New. A collection of essays that seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a picture of ancient sexuality. This title applies feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, and political oratory. ISBN 0691011788 9780691011783 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. A collection of essays that seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a picture of ancient sexuality. This title applies feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, and political oratory. ISBN 0691011788 9780691011783 [GB]

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 1997. Paperback. New. 343 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. 1997. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691011788 9780691011783 [GB]

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 1997. Paperback. New. 343 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. 1997. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691011788 9780691011783 [GB]