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Features fifteen original essays where eminent cultural historians and classicists not only discuss sex, but demonstrate how norms, practices, and even the very definitions of what counts as sexual activity have varied significantly over time.

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"[The contributors] have either renewed the study of traditional topics and sources ... or brought neglected and marginalized topics centrally into the play of cultural history by means of their hermeneutic approach and omnivorous perspective."--The Times Literary Supplement

Before Sexuality The Construction of Erotic

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    A Paperback by Froma I. Zeitlin, John J. Winkler, David M. Halperin

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691002217, 978-0691002217
      ISBN10: 0691002215
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      Psychology: sexual behaviour Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Features fifteen original essays where eminent cultural historians and classicists not only discuss sex, but demonstrate how norms, practices, and even the very definitions of what counts as sexual activity have varied significantly over time.

      Trade Review
      "[The contributors] have either renewed the study of traditional topics and sources ... or brought neglected and marginalized topics centrally into the play of cultural history by means of their hermeneutic approach and omnivorous perspective."--The Times Literary Supplement

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