[DOWNLOAD] Sex and Sensuality in the Ancient World
♥ Giulia Sissa ♥
| #2814989 in Books | 2008-11-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.20 x1.00 x6.10l,1.20 | File Name: 030010880X | 256 pages
||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A masterly work.|By D. Scarfone|Where else but in the writings of the ancient world could you find some knowledge about sex and sensuality in that era? This is a magnificent work of research and reflection, highly informative and offering well grounded criticism of other views on the matter, namely those of Foucault. One emerges from the reading richer and provided with many t|From Publishers Weekly|In this study of ancient myth, tragedy and philosophy, Sissa (Greek Virginity) traces the evolution of desire from Homer to St. Augustine. In the ancient world, sex was recognized as capable of fomenting all sorts of havoc (or, in
In this fascinating book Giulia Sissa looks at sensuality and sexual desire in the Greek, Roman, and early Christian worlds, demonstrating how modern concepts of sexuality have emerged from the practices and theories of ancient times. Countering the assumptions of many other scholars, Sissa emphasizes the centrality of heterosexual desire and passion in the classical period, arguing that the importance of homosexuality has been o...
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