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Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history.

Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Military Expeditions, Protest, Lament, and Scandal
2. Attic Mythology: Barren Goddesses, Male Wombs,
and the Cult of Rape
3. The Phallus and the Box: The World Seen in the
Shapes of Human Genitals
4. Bearing Children, Watching the House
5. Brides of Death, in More Ways Than One
6. The Athenian Prostitute: A Good Buy in the Agora
7. The Whore with the Golden Heart, the Happy
Hooker, and other Fictions
8. Two Kinds of Women: The Splitting of the
Female Psyche
9. The Sex Appeal of Female Toil
10. Easier to Live with Than a Wife: The Concubine
11. The Boy Beautiful: Replacing a Woman or
Replacing a Son?
12. Learning to Be a Man, Learning to Be a Woman
13. Sex Among the Barbarians
14. Classical Tragedy: Weaving Men's Dream
of Sexual Strife
15. Sex Antagonism and Women's Rituals
16. Love, Not War: Protest in the Arts and on the Streets
Epilogue

Notes
Bibliography
Supplementary Bibliography
Sources of Illustrations
Index
Appendix

The Reign of the Phallus

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 27 April 1993
      ISBN-13 9780520079298
      978-0520079298
      ISBN-10 0520079299
      Also in:
      Gender studies, gender groups

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the Second Edition
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction
      1. Military Expeditions, Protest, Lament, and Scandal
      2. Attic Mythology: Barren Goddesses, Male Wombs,
      and the Cult of Rape
      3. The Phallus and the Box: The World Seen in the
      Shapes of Human Genitals
      4. Bearing Children, Watching the House
      5. Brides of Death, in More Ways Than One
      6. The Athenian Prostitute: A Good Buy in the Agora
      7. The Whore with the Golden Heart, the Happy
      Hooker, and other Fictions
      8. Two Kinds of Women: The Splitting of the
      Female Psyche
      9. The Sex Appeal of Female Toil
      10. Easier to Live with Than a Wife: The Concubine
      11. The Boy Beautiful: Replacing a Woman or
      Replacing a Son?
      12. Learning to Be a Man, Learning to Be a Woman
      13. Sex Among the Barbarians
      14. Classical Tragedy: Weaving Men's Dream
      of Sexual Strife
      15. Sex Antagonism and Women's Rituals
      16. Love, Not War: Protest in the Arts and on the Streets
      Epilogue

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Supplementary Bibliography
      Sources of Illustrations
      Index
      Appendix

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