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Sexual Ambivalence

Androgyny and Hermaphroditism in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

Sexual Ambivalence( )
Author: Brisson, Luc
Translator: Lloyd, Janet
ISBN:978-0-520-22391-2
Publication Date:Mar 2002
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $30.95
Book Description:

This fascinating book collects and translates most of the extant written Graeco-Roman material on human beings, divinities, animals, and other creatures who were said to have been both female and male. Luc Brisson provides a commentary that situates this rich source material within its historical and intellectual contexts. These selections--from mythological, philosophical, historical, and anecdotal sources--describe cases of either simultaneous dual sexuality, as in androgyny and...
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Book Details
Pages:209
Detailed Subjects: Psychology / Human Sexuality
History / Europe / Greece
History / Ancient / Rome
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.562 x 0.839 x 0.055 Inches
Book Weight:0.6 Pounds



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