- Department of Classics
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University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Ruby Blondell
University of Washington, Classics, Faculty Member
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Ancient Sex: New Essays presents groundbreaking work in a post-Foucauldian mode on sexuality, sexual identities, and gender identities in ancient Greece and Rome. Since the production of Foucault’s History of Sexuality, the field of... more
Ancient Sex: New Essays presents groundbreaking work in a post-Foucauldian mode on sexuality, sexual identities, and gender identities in ancient Greece and Rome. Since the production of Foucault’s History of Sexuality, the field of classics has been caught in a recursive loop of argument regarding the existence—or lack thereof—of "sexuality" (particularly "homosexuality") as a meaningful cultural concept for ancient Greece and Rome. Much of the argument concerning these issues, however, has failed to engage with the central argument of Foucault’s work, namely, the assertion that sexuality as we understand it is the correlative of a historically specific form of medical and legal discourse that emerged only in the late nineteenth century.
Rather than reopening old debates, Ancient Sex takes up Foucault’s call for discursive analysis and elucidates some of the ways that ancient Greek and Roman texts and visual arts articulate a culturally specific discourse about sexual matters. Each contributor presupposes that sexual and gendered identities are discursively produced, and teases out some of the ways that the Greeks and Romans spoke and thought about these issues. Comprising essays by emerging and established scholars, this volume emphasizes in particular: sexual discourses about women; the interaction between sexual identities and class status; gender as an unstable discursive category (even in antiquity); and the relationships between ancient and modern sexual categories.
Rather than reopening old debates, Ancient Sex takes up Foucault’s call for discursive analysis and elucidates some of the ways that ancient Greek and Roman texts and visual arts articulate a culturally specific discourse about sexual matters. Each contributor presupposes that sexual and gendered identities are discursively produced, and teases out some of the ways that the Greeks and Romans spoke and thought about these issues. Comprising essays by emerging and established scholars, this volume emphasizes in particular: sexual discourses about women; the interaction between sexual identities and class status; gender as an unstable discursive category (even in antiquity); and the relationships between ancient and modern sexual categories.
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Historical figures from ancient Greece and Rome have played a vital part in the construction of modern queer identities, via both identification and difference. The politics of sexuality has, in turn, influenced both the study of such... more
Historical figures from ancient Greece and Rome have played a vital part in the construction of modern queer
identities, via both identification and difference. The politics of sexuality has, in turn, influenced both the study of
such figures and their representation in creative and scholarly works. These papers explore, collectively, the
capacity for ancient historical figures to serve not only as icons for the self-definition of queer "tribes", but as
ambassadors negotiating the terms in which such tribes are represented--by themselves and others--to larger
communities in which they are embedded.
identities, via both identification and difference. The politics of sexuality has, in turn, influenced both the study of
such figures and their representation in creative and scholarly works. These papers explore, collectively, the
capacity for ancient historical figures to serve not only as icons for the self-definition of queer "tribes", but as
ambassadors negotiating the terms in which such tribes are represented--by themselves and others--to larger
communities in which they are embedded.
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This paper argues that Plato's Symposium is an essential subtext for understanding Lucian's 5th Dialogue of the Courtesans.
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Christopher Rowe's new book is an ambitious attempt to walk the tightrope between, on the one hand, bone-headed neglect of Plato's use of dramatic form, and, on the other, obtuse blindness to the presence of a... more
Christopher Rowe's new book is an ambitious attempt to walk the tightrope between, on the one hand, bone-headed neglect of Plato's use of dramatic form, and, on the other, obtuse blindness to the presence of a serious philosophical agenda. This locates Rowe on the cutting edge ...
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... Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato. Book by Kathryn A. Morgan; Cambridge University Press, 2000. (p. null03) See below... MYTH AND PHILOSOPHY FROM THE PRESOCRATICS TO PLATO. KATHRYN A. MORGAN University of California... more
... Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato. Book by Kathryn A. Morgan; Cambridge University Press, 2000. (p. null03) See below... MYTH AND PHILOSOPHY FROM THE PRESOCRATICS TO PLATO. KATHRYN A. MORGAN University of California at Los Angeles. ...
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This issue examines ways in which humor can, in different cultural contexts, implicate gender and eroticism, and thus reveal norms and values specific to the Greek and Roman worlds. By historicizing the notions of both "laughter" and... more
This issue examines ways in which humor can, in different cultural contexts, implicate gender and eroticism, and thus reveal norms and values specific to the Greek and Roman worlds. By historicizing the notions of both "laughter" and "sexuality", and being particularly sensitive to the concrete performance contexts of various cultural practices, the authors develop new interpretations of a variety of sources (images and dinner-ware, Athenian comedy, courtroom oratory, Socratic dialogue, Latin epigram, prose fiction). The neologism humoerotica, which plays on the often anachronistic association of homoeroticism with antiquity, exemplifies our commitment to the use of fluid heuristic categories for exploring a territory “before sexuality” less familiar than we may often suppose.
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Humor, laughter, sexuality, gender, eroticism, Attic pottery, Aristophanes, Aeschines, Xenophon, Socrates, Martial, Lucian.
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Humor, laughter, sexuality, gender, eroticism, Attic pottery, Aristophanes, Aeschines, Xenophon, Socrates, Martial, Lucian.
The collection brings together original papers in philosophy, culture studies, art theory, theory of textile culture, and theory of architecture to give a comprehensive overview of weaving as a political, cultural and artistic practice.... more
The collection brings together original papers in philosophy, culture studies, art theory, theory of textile culture, and theory of architecture to give a comprehensive overview of weaving as a political, cultural and artistic practice. The first part, The Politics of Weaving, examines weaving as a paradigmatic political metaphor for the construction of the European identity and citizenship. The second part, The Culture of Weaving, explores issues of textile theory and practice. The third part, Weaving and Architecture, explores the influence of the practice of weaving to architectural works; the final part, Arts and the Art of Weaving, presents the curatorial and artistic project “Weaving Europe: The World as Meditation” that was part of the European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017 program.
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Ο τόµος αυτός περιέχει πρωτότυπα κείµενα από τα πεδία της φιλοσοφίας, των πολιτιστικών σπουδών, της θεωρίας της τέχνης, της θεωρίας και ιστορίας της υφαντικής, και της θεωρίας της αρχιτεκτονικής, τα οποία δίνουν µία ολοκληρωµένη εικόνα της υφαντικής ως πολιτική, πολιτισµική και καλλιτεχνική πρακτική. Στο πρώτο µέρος, µε τίτλο "Η πολιτική της υφαντικής", εξετάζεται η υφαντική ως παραδειγµατική πολιτική µεταφορά για την κατασκευή της ευρωπαϊκής ταυτότητας και της ιθαγένειας. Το δεύτερο µέρος, "Ο πολιτισµός της υφαντικής", εξετάζει ζητήµατα θεωρίας και πρακτικής σχετικά µε την θέµα. Το τρίτο µέρος, "Υφαντική και αρχιτεκτονική", διερευνά την επιρροή των πρακτικών της υφαντικής σε αρχιτεκτονικά έργα. Τέλος, το τέταρτο µέρος, "Τέχνες και η τέχνη της υφαντικής", παρουσιάζει την έκθεση καλλιτεχνών µε τίτλο "Υφαίνοντας την Ευρώπη: Ο κόσµος ως στοχασµός", που ήταν µέρος του προγράµµατος «Πάφος πολιτιστική πρωτεύουσα 2017».
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Ο τόµος αυτός περιέχει πρωτότυπα κείµενα από τα πεδία της φιλοσοφίας, των πολιτιστικών σπουδών, της θεωρίας της τέχνης, της θεωρίας και ιστορίας της υφαντικής, και της θεωρίας της αρχιτεκτονικής, τα οποία δίνουν µία ολοκληρωµένη εικόνα της υφαντικής ως πολιτική, πολιτισµική και καλλιτεχνική πρακτική. Στο πρώτο µέρος, µε τίτλο "Η πολιτική της υφαντικής", εξετάζεται η υφαντική ως παραδειγµατική πολιτική µεταφορά για την κατασκευή της ευρωπαϊκής ταυτότητας και της ιθαγένειας. Το δεύτερο µέρος, "Ο πολιτισµός της υφαντικής", εξετάζει ζητήµατα θεωρίας και πρακτικής σχετικά µε την θέµα. Το τρίτο µέρος, "Υφαντική και αρχιτεκτονική", διερευνά την επιρροή των πρακτικών της υφαντικής σε αρχιτεκτονικά έργα. Τέλος, το τέταρτο µέρος, "Τέχνες και η τέχνη της υφαντικής", παρουσιάζει την έκθεση καλλιτεχνών µε τίτλο "Υφαίνοντας την Ευρώπη: Ο κόσµος ως στοχασµός", που ήταν µέρος του προγράµµατος «Πάφος πολιτιστική πρωτεύουσα 2017».
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