{"product_id":"the-reign-of-the-phallus-9780520079298","title":"The Reign of the Phallus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Military Expeditions, Protest, Lament, and Scandal\u003cbr\u003e 2. Attic Mythology: Barren Goddesses, Male Wombs,\u003cbr\u003e and the Cult of Rape\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Phallus and the Box: The World Seen in the\u003cbr\u003e Shapes of Human Genitals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bearing Children, Watching the House\u003cbr\u003e 5. Brides of Death, in More Ways Than One\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Athenian Prostitute: A Good Buy in the Agora\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Whore with the Golden Heart, the Happy\u003cbr\u003e Hooker, and other Fictions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Two Kinds of Women: The Splitting of the\u003cbr\u003e Female Psyche\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Sex Appeal of Female Toil\u003cbr\u003e 10. Easier to Live with Than a Wife: The Concubine\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Boy Beautiful: Replacing a Woman or\u003cbr\u003e Replacing a Son?\u003cbr\u003e 12. Learning to Be a Man, Learning to Be a Woman\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sex Among the Barbarians\u003cbr\u003e 14. Classical Tragedy: Weaving Men's Dream\u003cbr\u003e of Sexual Strife\u003cbr\u003e 15. Sex Antagonism and Women's Rituals\u003cbr\u003e 16. Love, Not War: Protest in the Arts and on the Streets\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Supplementary Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Sources of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Appendix","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402796802391,"sku":"9780520079298","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520079298.jpg?v=1730481538","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-reign-of-the-phallus-9780520079298","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}