{"product_id":"exploring-gender-diversity-in-the-allison-surtees-9781474447041","title":"Exploring Gender Diversity in the Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores how binary gender and behaviours of gender were actively challenged in classical antiquity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a focus on gender on its own terms and outside the context of sex and sexuality \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an interdisciplinary approach, appealing to Classicists, Ancient Historians, and Archaeologists, as well as audiences working outside the ancient world, in Gender Studies, Transgender Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies, Anthropology, and Women's Studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a broad time period (6\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e c. BCE - 3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e c. CE) and addresses both textual evidence and material culture (vases, sculpture, wall painting)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides history of gender identities and behaviours previously ignored or suppressed by disciplinary practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender identity and expression in ancient cultures are questioned in these 15 essays in light of our new understandings of sex and gender. Using contemporary theory and methodologies this book opens up a new history of gender diversity from the ancient world to our own, encouraging us to reconsider those very understandings of sex and gender identity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew analyses of ancient Greek and Roman culture that reveal a history of gender diverse individuals that has not been recognised until recently.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking an interdisciplinary approach these essays will appeal to classicists, ancient historians, archaeologists as well as those working in gender studies, transgender studies, LGBTQ+ studies, anthropology and women's studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allison Surtees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147444704X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474447041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Allison Surtees","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978334109951,"sku":"9781474447041","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4125e6a-196b-46e4-8ad3-6242e0c8ca51.jpg?v=1683240958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/exploring-gender-diversity-in-the-allison-surtees-9781474447041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}