Bodies and boundaries in Graeco-Roman antiquity / edited by Thorsten Fögen and Mireille M. Lee.

This volume examines the ways in which bodies, lived and imagined, were implicated in issues of cosmic order and social organisation in Graeco-Roman antiquity. It focuses on the body in performance (especially in a rhetorical context), the erotic body, the dressed body, pagan and Christian bodies as...

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Other Authors: Fögen, Thorsten, Lee, Mireille M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009.
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Summary:This volume examines the ways in which bodies, lived and imagined, were implicated in issues of cosmic order and social organisation in Graeco-Roman antiquity. It focuses on the body in performance (especially in a rhetorical context), the erotic body, the dressed body, pagan and Christian bodies as well as divine bodies and animal bodies. The articles draw on a range of evidence and approaches, cover a broad chronological and geographical span, and explore the ways bodies can transgress and dissolve, as well shore up, or even create, boundaries and hierarchies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 317 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110212532
3110212536
9783110212525
3110212528
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.