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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-359) and index
What did sex mean to the ancient Romans? In this lavishly illustrated study, John R. Clarke investigates a rich assortment of Roman erotic art to answer this question-and along the way, he reveals a society quite different from our own. Clarke reevaluates our understanding of Roman art and society in a study informed by recent gender and cultural studies, and focusing for the first time on attitudes toward the erotic among both the Roman non-elite and women. This splendid volume is the first study of erotic art and sexuality to set these works-many newly discovered and previously unpublished-i
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Cultural Construction of Sexuality; 2 Greek and Hellenistic Constructions of Lovemaking; The Augustan and Early]ulio-Claudian Periods (2 7 B.C. -- A.D. 30); 3 Representations of Male-to-Male Lovemaking; 4 Representations of Male-to-Female Lovemaking; 5 Sex and the Body of the Other; Pompeii: The Neronian and Flavian Periods (A.D. 54-79); 6 The Display of Erotica and The Erotics of Display in Houses; 7 The Display of Erotica and The Erotics of Display in Public Buildings
