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Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
by Davidson, James
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0312185596
- ISBN 13
- 9780312185596
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Thomas Dunne Books, 1998. Softcover. Like New. 6x1x10. Desire is a dangerous thing, and the relationship between the citizens of ancient Athens and their desires was a complex and troubled one. James Davidson's Courtesans and Fishcakes is a brilliant and kaleidoscopic examination of daily life in classical Athens, and the life he reveals is simultaneously more alien and more familiar than we might have imagined. From fish-guzzling gourmands to the ambiguous eroticism of vase paintings, the cradle of Western culture is artfully, and frequently amusingly, anatomized. Davidson believes that many historians, under the influence of Foucault, are guilty of imposing modern views of desire, and particularly sexuality, on Greek culture, resulting in a simplistic interpretation of what was an extremely complicated issue. He refutes the prevailing opinion that sex in Athens was a simple binary opposition of penetrator and penetrated, drawing on a remarkable number of sources to show how sexuality was a slippery commodity rooted in intricate social negotiations, a characteristic shared with many other objects of desire, from eels to undiluted wine.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
- Author
- Davidson, James
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312185596
- ISBN 13
- 9780312185596
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 6x1x10
- X weight
- 25 oz
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