Sex and society in Græco-Roman Egypt / Dominic Monserrat.
Sex and society in Græco-Roman Egypt / Dominic Monserrat.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Kegan Paul International ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N306.70932/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. Fragments for a sexual history of Graeco-Roman Egypt -- 2. The social body -- 3. The sensual body -- 4. Marriage, morality and divorce -- 5. Sex for sale -- 6. Homosexuality -- 7. Festivals of licence -- 8. Sex magic -- 9. The culture of sex.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Kegan Paul International ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
The main sources are the innumerable private documents written in Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period, and almost miraculously preserved by the dry climate. All types of documents are used, from magic spells for winning over a lover to judicial accounts of sexual crimes, many of them translated here into English for the first time. From these frag...
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Sex and society in Græco-Roman Egypt / Dominic Monserrat.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and indexes.
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N306.70932/1
Record Identifier
74VMjqP3wEeX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjqP3wEeX
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ISBN
0710305303
9780710305305
DDC
306.70932
MMS ID
991001017379702626
