The Rhetoric of Manhood: Masculinity in the Attic Orators.

Roisman, Joseph:

ISBN 10: 0520241924 / ISBN 13: 9780520241923

Editore: Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 2005

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XIV, 283 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht berieben, kleine Anhaftung auf Buchdeckel, leichte Verschmutzung auf Vorderschnitt, innen sauber / dust jacket slightly rubbed, small adhesion on book cover, light soiling on front cover, clean inside. - The concept of manhood was immensely important in ancient Athens, shaping its political, social, legal, and value systems. This book, a groundbreaking study of manhood in fourth century Athens, is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of notions about masculinity found in the Attic orators, who represent one of the single most important sources for understanding the social history of this period. Whereas previous studies have assumed a uniform ideology about manhood, Joseph Roisman finds that Athenians had quite varied opinions about what constituted manly values and conduct. Roisman situates the evidence for ideas about manhood found in the Attic orators in historical, ideological, and theoretical contexts to explore various manifestations of Athenian masculinity as well as the rhetoric that both articulated and questioned it. Roisman illuminates masculine notions, activities, and discourse by focusing on topics such as the nexus between manhood and age; Athenian men in their roles as family members, friends, and lovers; the concept of masculine shame; relations between social and economic status and manhood; manhood in the military and politics; the manly virtue of self-control; and what men feared. Throughout, he considers both the variety of forms of Athenian manhood as well as the challenges men faced in achieving masculine archetypes. / Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction The Studys Scope and Purpose The Orations The Ideology of Manhood 1. Manly Youth Negative Stereotypes and Realistic Expectations Educating and Supervising the Young Young Men in Court 2. The Roles and Responsibilities of the Adult Male: Kurios, Husband, Son, Kinsman, Friend, and Citizen The Kurios: Head of the Household The Husband: Marital and Extramarital Relationships Fathers and Sons The Obligations of Kinship The Kurios and His Friends The Kurios and the State 3. Manly Shame Guarding against Shame The Rhetoric of Military Defeat Shame and Violence The Rhetorical Manipulations of Shame 4. Manhood and Social Standing Superior Manhood and Elite Status: The Erotic Oration (Dem. 61) The Unmanly Elite Manhood and the Masses 5. Men in the Military The Warrior Ideology Military Courage and Its Rhetoric The Rhetoric of War and Peace The Military Measure The Double Standard 6. The Struggle over Power The Manly Demos: The Institutional and Ideological Bases of the Power and Manliness of the Demos The Power Struggle Handling Suspicions of the Political Leader as a Man of Words Handling Suspicions of the Political Leader Stemming from His Activities in the Public Realm The Demoss Power and Appeals to Pity The Demoss Power and Appeals to Kharis The Manhood of the Audience and the Speaker 7. Men, Desires, and Self-Control Giving in to Pleasures Ambivalence about Yielding to Eros Ambivalence about Yielding to Wine The Evils of Greed The Rhetoric of Self-Control 8. What Men Fear Beneficial and Legitimate Fears Overcoming Fear: Cowardice, Courage, and Rashness Order, Fear of Disorder, and Their Rhetoric Consistency and Its Rhetoric Conclusion. Old Age and Manipulating Manhood Old Men Works Cited General Index Index Locorum. ISBN 9780520241923 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 428.

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• Titolo: The Rhetoric of Manhood: Masculinity in the Attic Orators.
• Editore: Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0520241924
• ISBN 13: 9780520241923
• Rilegatura: Cloth with dustjacket.
• Condizione: Gut
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta
• Peso: 428 grammi
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The concept of manhood was immensely important in ancient Athens, shaping its political, social, legal, and ethical systems. This book, a groundbreaking study of manhood in fourth-century Athens, is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of notions about masculinity found in the Attic orators, who represent one of the most important sources for understanding the social history of this period. While previous studies have assumed a uniform ideology about manhood, Joseph Roisman finds that Athenians had quite varied opinions about what constituted manly values and conduct. He situates the evidence for ideas about manhood found in the Attic orators in its historical, ideological, and theoretical contexts to explore various manifestations of Athenian masculinity as well as the rhetoric that both articulated and questioned it.

Roisman focuses on topics such as the nexus between manhood and age; on Athenian men in their roles as family members, friends, and lovers; on the concept of masculine shame; on relations between social and economic status and manhood; on manhood in the military and politics; on the manly virtue of self-control; and on what men feared.

Informazioni sull'autore

Joseph Roisman, Professor of Classics at Colby College, is author of The General Demosthenes and His Use of Military Surprise (1993), editor of Alexander the Great: Ancient and Modern Perspectives (1995), and editor of Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great (2003).