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Sex: Vice and Love From Antiquity to Modernity

by Alastair J.L. Blanshard

The Classical world is regularly invoked both as the home of sexual freedom (Greece, in particular with reference to homosexuality), and as a haven for wanton acts of sexual perversity (Rome). This volume examines the profound impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture, and looks at the ways in which various cultures have used classical erotica to locate and articulate their own erotic discourse. It offers rich insights into how our perceptions of vice and love in antiquity continue to shape the roles of sex and sexuality in modern culture. 219p b/w illus (Wiley-Blackwell 2010)

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