Playing the Man: Performing Masculinities in the Ancient Greek Novel

Author:   Meriel Jones (Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199570089


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Meriel Jones (Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780199570089


ISBN 10:   0199570086
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Paideia The history and social context of paideia The gendering of paideia Male paideia in the novels Concluding remarks 2 Andreia Defining and contextualizing andreia The gendering of andreia Male andreia in the novels Concluding remarks 3 Masculinity and Sexual Ideology Introduction Resisting ideology? Imperilled masculinity Masculinity as role-play A man with women and a woman with men Concluding remarks Conclusion References Index Locorum General Index

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Meriel Jones was Lecturer in Classics at the University of Wales Lampeter from 2006-8, and is a founder-member of KYKNOS, the Swansea and Lampeter ancient narrative research centre. Her doctoral thesis, Playing the Man: Performing Masculinities in the Greek Novel, was joint winner of the Hellenic Foundation 2007 Award for best doctoral thesis in the Ancient Literature, Philosophy, and Archaeology category. She has published on gender, ekphrasis, magic, and personal names in the Greek novels, and is currently Honorary Research Fellow of the Department of Classics at University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

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