Love Between Women - Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism

LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, scholar Bernadette Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women. 12 photos.

Zusammenfassung

In this text Bernadette Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. She establishes the fact that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of sexual love between women.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bernadette J. Brooten
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.1998
• EAN: 9780226075921
• ISBN: 978-0-226-07592-1
• Seiten: 446
• Abmessung: 227 mm x 151 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 612 g
• Serien: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society; Chicago Series on Sexuality, H; Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society; Chicago Sexuality Hist & Society SHS (CHUP); The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien