{"product_id":"controlling-desires-kirk-ormand-9781477311455","title":"Controlling Desires: Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Comprehensive, reader-friendly, richly detailed, forthright, subtle, and very clear, \u003ci\u003eControlling Desires\u003c\/i\u003e is the only handbook on ancient sexuality that works persistently to offset modern readers' assumptions about sex and sexuality, to challenge the notion that sexuality is natural and universal, and to bring out the differences between ancient and modern discourses of sex--or, even, between ancient and modern experiences of desire. As such, it is a very helpful resource for students working on the history of sexuality in classical antiquity, because it shows how such a history might be possible and what is actually historical about sexuality.\" \u003cbr\u003e --David M. Halperin, University of Michigan, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Homosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaint Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow to Do the History of Homosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 2009, \u003ci\u003eControlling Desires\u003c\/i\u003e has been widely lauded as an accessible introduction to sexual practices, attitudes, and beliefs in the classical world. Treating Greece and Rome in separate sections, with ample cross-references and comparisons, Kirk Ormand presents a wide array of evidence from literary texts and visual arts, including two new chapters on Greek vase painting and Roman artifacts and wall paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirk Ormand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477311459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477311455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Kirk Ormand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985709596927,"sku":"9781477311455","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90d54b17-ffc9-4482-8d2d-e578815ec13a.jpg?v=1683279106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/controlling-desires-kirk-ormand-9781477311455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}