Bodies and Boundaries in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
Author | : Thorsten Fögen |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783110212525 |
ISBN-13 | : 3110212528 |
Rating | : 4/5 (528 Downloads) |
Download or read book Bodies and Boundaries in Graeco-Roman Antiquity written by Thorsten Fögen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.