The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Byzantium
Mati Meyer, "The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Byzantium "
English | ISBN: 0367490935 | 2024 | 524 pages | EPUB | 21 MB
English | ISBN: 0367490935 | 2024 | 524 pages | EPUB | 21 MB
This Handbook is the first to consider the interrelated subjects of gender and sexuality in the Eastern Roman Empire from an interdisciplinary perspective. Drawing on both modern theories and Byzantine perceptions, and considering multiple periods and religions (Eastern Orthodox, Islamic, and Jewish), it provides evidentiary textual and visual material support for an analysis of the two linked themes.
Broadly, the essays demonstrate that gender and sexual constructs in Byzantium were porous. As a result, they expand our knowledge of not only how sex and gender were conceived and performed but also how ideas and practices shaped Byzantine life.
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Byzantium
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