The Economy Of Prostitution In The Roman World
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Author |
: Thomas McGinn |
Publisher |
: University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages |
: 377 |
Release |
: 2010-03-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780472025824 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0472025821 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman World by : Thomas McGinn
In recent years, a number of classical scholars have turned their attention to prostitution in the ancient world. Close examination of the social and legal position of Roman meretrices and Greek hetairai have enriched our understanding of ancient sexual relationships and the status of women in these societies. These studies have focused, however, almost exclusively on the legal and literary evidence. McGinn approaches the issues from a new direction, by studying the physical venues that existed for the sale of sex, in the context of the Roman economy. Combining textual and material evidence, he provides a detailed study of Roman brothels and other venues of venal sex (from imperial palaces and privates houses to taverns, circuses, and back alleys) focusing on their forms, functions, and urban locations. The book covers the central period of Roman history, roughly from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It will especially interest social and legal historians of the ancient world, and students of gender, sexuality, and the family. Thomas A. J. McGinn is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Vanderbilt University.
Author |
: Anise K. Strong |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2016-07-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107148758 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107148758 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World by : Anise K. Strong
From streetwalkers in the Roman Forum to imperial concubines, Roman prostitutes defined what it meant to be a 'bad girl'.
Author |
: Dennis P. Kehoe |
Publisher |
: University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2007-02-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0472115820 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780472115822 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Law and the Rural Economy in the Roman Empire by : Dennis P. Kehoe
A bold application of economic theory to help provide an understanding of the role that law played in the development of the Roman economy
Author |
: Sarah Levin-Richardson |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2019-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108496872 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108496873 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Brothel of Pompeii by : Sarah Levin-Richardson
Offers an in-depth exploration of the only assured brothel from the Greco-Roman world, illuminating the lives of both prostitutes and clients.
Author |
: Scott Cunningham |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 545 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199915248 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199915245 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution by : Scott Cunningham
"A study of the economics of sex work"--
Author |
: Allison Glazebrook |
Publisher |
: Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 2011-01-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780299235635 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0299235637 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE–200 CE by : Allison Glazebrook
Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE–200 CE challenges the often-romanticized view of the prostitute as an urbane and liberated courtesan by examining the social and economic realities of the sex industry in Greco-Roman culture. Departing from the conventional focus on elite society, these essays consider the Greek prostitute as displaced foreigner, slave, and member of an urban underclass. The contributors draw on a wide range of material and textual evidence to discuss portrayals of prostitutes on painted vases and in the literary tradition, their roles at symposia (Greek drinking parties), and their place in the everyday life of the polis. Reassessing many assumptions about the people who provided and purchased sexual services, this volume yields a new look at gender, sexuality, urbanism, and economy in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Author |
: Trevon D. Logan |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2017-01-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107128736 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107128730 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Economics, Sexuality, and Male Sex Work by : Trevon D. Logan
This book provides the first economic analysis of the billion-dollar male sex work market in the United States.
Author |
: Thomas A. J. McGinn |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 3004 |
Release |
: 2003-01-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199882946 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199882940 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome by : Thomas A. J. McGinn
This is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It examines the formation and precise content of the legal norms developed for prostitution and those engaged in this profession, with close attention to their social context. McGinn's unique study explores the "fit" between the law-system and the socio-economic reality while shedding light on important questions concerning marginal groups, marriage, sexual behavior, the family, slavery, and citizen status, particularly that of women.
Author |
: Michael Peachin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 755 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195188004 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195188004 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Social Relations in the Roman World by : Michael Peachin
The study of Roman society and social relations blossomed in the 1970s. By now, we possess a very large literature on the individuals and groups that constituted the Roman community, and the various ways in which members of that community interacted. There simply is, however, no overview that takes into account the multifarious progress that has been made in the past thirty-odd years. The purpose of this handbook is twofold. On the one hand, it synthesizes what has heretofore been accomplished in this field. On the other hand, it attempts to configure the examination of Roman social relations in some new ways, and thereby indicates directions in which the discipline might now proceed. The book opens with a substantial general introduction that portrays the current state of the field, indicates some avenues for further study, and provides the background necessary for the following chapters. It lays out what is now known about the historical development of Roman society and the essential structures of that community. In a second introductory article, Clifford Ando explains the chronological parameters of the handbook. The main body of the book is divided into the following six sections: 1) Mechanisms of Socialization (primary education, rhetorical education, family, law), 2) Mechanisms of Communication and Interaction, 3) Communal Contexts for Social Interaction, 4) Modes of Interpersonal Relations (friendship, patronage, hospitality, dining, funerals, benefactions, honor), 5) Societies Within the Roman Community (collegia, cults, Judaism, Christianity, the army), and 6) Marginalized Persons (slaves, women, children, prostitutes, actors and gladiators, bandits). The result is a unique, up-to-date, and comprehensive survey of ancient Roman society.
Author |
: Christopher A. Faraone |
Publisher |
: Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages |
: 379 |
Release |
: 2008-03-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780299213138 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0299213137 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World by : Christopher A. Faraone
Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World explores the implications of sex-for-pay across a broad span of time, from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. In ancient times, although they were socially marginal, prostitutes connected with almost every aspect of daily life. They sat in brothels and walked the streets; they paid taxes and set up dedications in religious sanctuaries; they appeared as characters—sometimes admirable, sometimes despicable—on the comic stage and in the law courts; they lived lavishly, consorting with famous poets and politicians; and they participated in otherwise all-male banquets and drinking parties, where they aroused jealousy among their anxious lovers. The chapters in this volume examine a wide variety of genres and sources, from legal and religious tracts to the genres of lyric poetry, love elegy, and comic drama to the graffiti scrawled on the walls of ancient Pompeii. These essays reflect the variety and vitality of the debates engendered by the last three decades of research by confronting the ambiguous terms for prostitution in ancient languages, the difficulty of distinguishing the prostitute from the woman who is merely promiscuous or adulterous, the question of whether sacred or temple prostitution actually existed in the ancient Near East and Greece, and the political and social implications of literary representations of prostitutes and courtesans.