{"product_id":"sexing-the-world-9780691163222","title":"Sexing the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender--masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled Latin speakers to organize aspects of their society int\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of a 2016 Charles Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies \"This book is both enjoyable and thought-provoking.\"--Teresa Morgan, Times Literary Supplement \"There is no denying ... that Corbeill has given us much to ponder about Roman linguistic, literary, and religious culture in these packed pages.\"--Alison Keith, American Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Introduction: Latin Grammatical Gender Is Not Arbitrary 1  Chapter 1 Roman Scholars on Grammatical Gender and Biological Sex 12  Chapter 2 Roman Poets on Grammatical Gender 41  Chapter 3 Poetic Play with Sex and Gender 72  Chapter 4 Androgynous Gods in Archaic Rome 104  Appendix to Chapter 4: Male\/Female Pairs of Deities 136  Chapter 5 The Prodigious Hermaphrodite 143  Abbreviations 171  Works Cited 173  Index Locorum 189  General Index 199","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403809005911,"sku":"9780691163222","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691163222.jpg?v=1730484612","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sexing-the-world-9780691163222","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}