Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality

by Simon Goldhill

Overview

This is a study of how sex and sexuality were written about in the first centuries of this era, a central period in the history of sexuality. Writing with the same wit and verve as the ancient writers he engages with, Simon Goldhill shows how the standard accounts of sexuality in this period are distorted by ignoring the sexy, ironic and often bizarre texts of the ancient novel, erotic poetry and humorous dialogues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521479349
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/26/1995
Series:	The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Virginity and going the whole hog: violence and the protocols of desire; 2. The gay science; 3. How like a woman; Notes; Indexes.

Editorial Reviews

"An important and accessible work. Recommended for graduate and undergraduates." Religious Studies Review

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