Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism - Rilegato

Brooten, Bernadette J.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0226075915 ISBN 13: 9780226075914

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1996

Riassunto

A study of female homosexuality in the ancient Roman world shows that sexual love between women--including marriages between women--was widespread and considered antithetical to the norms both of early Christians and their Roman neighbors. UP.

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L'autore:

Bernadette J. Brooten is the Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University.

Product Description:

In this text Bernadette Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing a range of cultural sources, from medical texts to astrological horoscopes, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women, and discusses the surgical procedure of clitoridectomy as a method of controlling female homoeroticism. She establishes the fact that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of sexual love between women. Contrary to the common scholarly notion that early Christian sexual ethics were fundamentally different from those of the surrounding culture, Brooten contends that early Christians and their Roman neighbours shared a view of the "natural order" of society.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0226075915
• ISBN 13: 9780226075914
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 412