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Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome

By (author) Caroline Vout

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Caroline Vout examines the abundance of sexual imagery in Greek and Roman culture. Were these images intended to be shocking, humorous, or exciting? Are they about sex or love? How are we to know whether our responses to them are akin to those of the ancients? The answers to these questions provide fascinating insights into ancient attitudes toward religion, politics, sex, gender, and the body. They also reveal how the ancients saw themselves and their world, and how subsequent centuries have seen them. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this lively and thought-provoking book not only addresses theories of sexual practice and social history, it is also a visual history of what it meant and still means to stare sex in the face.

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Publisher | University of California Press
Published date | 6 Nov 2013
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 272
Dimensions | 235 x 159 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-5202-8020-5
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BISAC | art / history / ancient & classical

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