The Routledge Companion to the Reception of Ancient Greek and Roman Gender and Sexuality

This Companion explores ancient Greek and Roman gender and sexuality representations, interpretations, and receptions across time, including modern perspectives projected back onto antiquity. It provides a deeper understanding of this essential part of human existence from various perspectives, appealing to students and scholars of ancient history, gender and sexuality, and ancient societies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 614 pages
Publication date: 22 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive Companion delves into a wide array of interpretations and receptions of ancient Greek and Roman gender and sexuality. It explores the ancient representations of these concepts as we understand them today, as well as the contemporary perspectives that have been projected back onto antiquity.

The chapters in this volume examine how the ancient Greeks and Romans viewed concepts of gender and sexuality based on the evidence available to us, and trace the diverse interpretations and receptions of these concepts across different periods, leading to the present day. By exploring how different cultures have received the classical past, the volume investigates the diverse interpretations of Greek and Roman sexualities and what these interpretations can reveal about their own attitudes.

Through the contributions in this book, readers gain a deeper understanding of this fundamental aspect of human existence, drawn from influential sources. Spanning from ancient to modern and postmodern perspectives, from cinematic productions to TikTok videos, there is a rich tapestry of receptions of ancient gender and sexuality to be explored.

This volume is of interest to students and scholars of ancient history, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, ancient societies, as well as those working in the fields of popular culture and gender studies more broadly.

Weight: 1329g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367900908