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Transantiquity: Cross-Dressing and Transgender Dynamics in the Ancient World

Transantiquity: Cross-Dressing and Transgender Dynamics in the Ancient World

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

Ancient History GeneralSexuality

ISBN10: 1138941204
ISBN13: 9781138941205
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 2 2017
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

TransAntiquity explores transgender practices, in particular cross-dressing, and their literary and figurative representations in antiquity. It offers a ground-breaking study of cross-dressing, both the social practice and its conceptualization, and its interaction with normative prescriptions on gender and sexuality in the ancient Mediterranean world. Special attention is paid to the reactions of the societies of the time, the impact transgender practices had on individuals' symbolic and social capital, as well as the reactions of institutionalized power and the juridical systems. The variety of subjects and approaches demonstrates just how complex and widespread transgender dynamics were in antiquity.

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