Making Men : Sophists and Self-Presentation in Ancient Rome /

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Physiognomical texts of the era show how intently men scrutinized one another for minute signs of gender deviance in such features as gait, gesture, facial expression, and voice. Rhetoricians trained to develop these traits in a "masculine" fashion. Examining the successful career of Favor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gleason, Maud W., 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1995]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Polemo, Antonius, > approximately 88-145.
Favorinus, > of Arles, > approximately 81-approximately 150.
Polemo, Antonius, > approximately 88-145 > Criticism and interpretation.
Favorinus, > of Arles, > approximately 81-approximately 150 > Criticism and interpretation.
Civilisation classique.
Sophistes grecs.
Litterature grecque hellenistique.
Romeinen (volk)
Mannelijkheid.
Grieks.
Retorica.
Sofistiek.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.
Sophists (Greek philosophy)
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinity.
Greek literature > Appreciation.
Greek literature.
Civilization > Greek influences.
Civilization, Greco-Roman.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Civilisation greco-romaine.
Litterature grecque > Appreciation > Rome.
Discours grecs > Histoire et critique.
Rhetorique ancienne.
Masculinite > Rome.
Masculinite dans la litterature.
Litterature grecque > Rome > Histoire et critique.
Greek literature > Appreciation > Rome.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism.
Masculinity > Rome.
Greek literature > Rome > History and criticism.
Rome > Civilisation > Influence grecque.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Civilization > Greek influences.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Favorinus and His Statue
  • Ch. 2. Portrait of Polemo: The Deportment of the Public Self
  • Ch. 3. Deportment as Language Physiognomy and the Semiotics of Gender
  • Ch. 4. Aerating the Flesh: Voice Training and the Calisthenics of Gender
  • Ch. 5. Voice and Virility in Rhetorical Writers
  • Ch. 6. Manhood Achieved through Speech: A Eunuch-Philosopher's Self-Fashioning.

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