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The constraints of desire : the anthropology of sex and gender in ancient Greece / John J. Winkler.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, [1990]Description: x, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415901227
  • 0415901235
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 392.60938
Contents:
Part 1: Andres -- Unnatural Acts: Erotic protocols in Artemidoros' Dream Analysis -- Laying down the law: the oversight of men's sexual behavior in Classical Athens -- The constraints of desire: erotic magical spells -- Interlude: Reading against the grain -- The education of Chloe: hidden injuries of sex -- Part two: Gunaikes -- Penelope's cunning and Homer's -- Double consciousness in Sappho's lyrics -- The laughter of the oppressed: Demeter and the gardens of Adonis -- Appenix 1: Translation of Artemidoros 1.78-80 -- Appendix 2: Phusis and natura meaning "genitals."
List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book - 7-day loan Book - 7-day loan CYA Library Main Collection 392.60938 WIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00000011507
Total holds: 0

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages 237-254.

Part 1: Andres -- Unnatural Acts: Erotic protocols in Artemidoros' Dream Analysis -- Laying down the law: the oversight of men's sexual behavior in Classical Athens -- The constraints of desire: erotic magical spells -- Interlude: Reading against the grain -- The education of Chloe: hidden injuries of sex -- Part two: Gunaikes -- Penelope's cunning and Homer's -- Double consciousness in Sappho's lyrics -- The laughter of the oppressed: Demeter and the gardens of Adonis -- Appenix 1: Translation of Artemidoros 1.78-80 -- Appendix 2: Phusis and natura meaning "genitals."

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