The perfect servant : eunuchs and the social construction of gender in Byzantium /

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The Perfect Servant reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Kathryn Ringrose uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs as a distinct gender and to illustrate how gender was defined in the Byzantine world. At the same time she explores the changing role of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ringrose, Kathryn M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
Colección:ACLS Fellows' publications.
Temas:
Eunuchs > Byzantine Empire.
Sex role > Byzantine Empire.
Eunuques > Empire byzantin.
Rôle selon le sexe > Empire byzantin.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Civilization
Eunuchs
Sex role
Ambtenaren.
Eunuchen.
Sekserol.
Byzantine Empire > Civilization.
Empire byzantin > Civilisation.
Byzantine Empire
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Spelling Conventions for Greek Names; Acknowledgments; Introduction
  • Eunuchs of Byzantium: Context and Definition; PART I GENDER AS SOCIAL CONSTRUCT; 1 The Language of Gender; 2 Byzantine Medical Lore and the Gendering of Eunuchs; 3 Gender Construction as Acculturation; 4 Making Sense of Tradition: Regendering Legendary Narratives; PART II BECOMING PROTAGONISTS; 5 Passing the Test of Sanctity: Eunuchs and the Ecclesiastical World of Byzantium; 6 Transgressing Gender Boundaries: Eunuchs in Authority; 7 Transcending the Material World: Eunuchs and Angels.

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