Playing the man : performing masculinities in the ancient Greek novel /

Main Author: Jones, Meriel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
Series:Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1.Paideia. The history and social context of paideia ; The gendering of paideia ; Male paideia in the novels ; Concluding remarks.
  • 2. Andreia. Defining and contextualizing andreia ; The gendering of andreia ; Male andreia in the novels ; Concluding remarks.
  • 3 Masculinity and Sexual Ideology. Introduction ; Resisting ideology? ; Imperilled masculinity ; Masculinity as role-play ; 'A man with women and a woman with men' ; Concluding remarks