Porneia: On Desire and the Body in Antiquity (Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times) - Softcover

Porneia: On Desire and the Body in Antiquity. Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times.

Paperback. Zustand: Gut. X, 213 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leicht berieben, Kopfschnitt und Fußschnitt ganz leicht angeschmutzt, sonst gut und innen sauber / slightly rubbed, top edge and bottom edge very slightly soiled, otherwise good and clean inside. - Porneia means fornication, unchastity, desire for anothers body. Drawing on Roman and Greek works of science, medicine, gynaecology and law and on Christian and pagan religious texts, Aline Rousselle discovers the intimate fears, passions, superstitions and ambitions of the people of the Mediterranean world during the first four centuries ad. The first part of the book describes Roman notions of male and female sexuality, including the extraordinary rituals of orgy, castration and sacrifice associated with ancient rites of fertility and spirituality. The second part is concerned with the impact of Christian ideas upon a settled pagan tradition. Abstinence, once associated with the enhancement of fertility, becomes the key to salvation. / Contents Introduction 1 The Bodies of Men 2 The Bodies of Women 3 The Bodies of Children 4 On Virginity and Hysteria 5 Adultery and Illicit Love 6 Separation, Divorce and Prostitution 7 Salvation by child sacrifice and Castration 8 Female Virginity and Male Continence 9 The Strength of Desire 10 From Abstinence to Impotence 11 From Virginity to Frigidity Conclusion Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780631192084 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 378. Artikel-Nr. 1198669

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