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Davidson,James

Courtesans and Fishcakes : The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

St Martins Press, 1998

20,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1998
ISBN
0312185596
Lugar de impresión
New York
Autor
Davidson,James
Editores
St Martins Press
Edición
Reprint
Materia
ATHENS ARCHAEOLOGY GREECE ANCIENT
Descripción
S
Sobrecubierta
No
Conservación
Como nuevo
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Copia autógrafa
No
Primera edición
No

Descripción

The luxury of the ancient world is legendary, but the Athenian reputation is sober because this wealthy, successful city-state spent all its money on the conspicuous consumption of ephemeral things. Their consuming passions for food, wine and sex drove their society, as well as generating the rich web of privilege, transgression, guilt and taboo for which they are remembered today. Using pamphlets, comic satires, forensic speeches - from authors as illustrious as Plato and as ignored as Philaenis - as source material - this study combines a traditional classicist's rigour with an appreciation of the new analytical techniques pioneered in gender and cultural studies to provide an alternative view of ancient Athenian culture and to bring its reality into a focus easier on the modern eye. A fascinating investigation of how ancient Athenians looked at food and women and sex.372p. plates. bibliography.index.