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Changing Bodies, Changing Meanings: Studies on the Human Body in Antiquity

By Dominic Montserrat

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1997
ISBN
0415135842, 9780415135849
LCC
PN56.B62 C48 1998
Open Library ID
OL657756M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2021606 bytes)
Pages
256\251
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Changing Bodies, Changing Meanings gathers together expertise in archaeology, classical literature, patristics and the cultural reception of antiquity to present a fully-rounded picture of the cultural status of the human body in the ancient world. The essays examine how the different ways in which the body altered could be a means of conveying ideologies and of experiencing the self. Traditions discussed include classical Greece, Augustan Rome, New Kingdom Egypt and the world of late antiquity. This book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity. The interdisciplinary interests of the contributors, the application of current theoretical perspectives and the utilization of many sources never before translated into a modern language, make this work a unique contribution to a growing field of inquiry. Angus Bowie, Queen's College, Oxford, Gillian Clark, University of Liverpool, Richard Hawley, Royal Holloway, University of London, Lynn Meskell, Cambridge University,

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