{"product_id":"performing-the-kinaidos-tom-sapsford-9780198854326","title":"Performing the Kinaidos: Unmanly Men in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures","description":"\u003cem\u003ePerforming the Kinaidos \u003c\/em\u003eis the first book-length study to explore the figure of the \u003cem\u003ekinaidos\u003c\/em\u003e (Latin, \u003cem\u003ecinaedus\u003c\/em\u003e), a type of person noted in ancient literature for his effeminacy and untoward sexual behaviour. By exploring the presence of this unmanly man in a wide range of textual sources (Plato, Aeschines, Plautus, Catullus, Martial, Juvenal, documentary papyri, and dedicatory inscriptions) and across numerous locations (classical Greece, Ptolemaic Egypt, and the Roman world), Tom Sapsford demonstrates how this figure haunted, in different ways, the binary oppositions structuring ancient societies located around the Mediterranean from the seventh century BCE to the second century CE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving beyond previous debates over whether the \u003cem\u003ekinaidos\u003c\/em\u003e was an ancient 'homosexual' or not, the book re-evaluates this figure by analysing the multiple axes of difference such as sex, status, ethnicity, and occupation through which this type of person gained legibility in antiquity. It also emphasizes the \u003cem\u003ekinaidos\u003c\/em\u003e' role in the development of the category of the professional performer. The book centres the numerous descriptions of the specific poetic and dance styles associated with the \u003cem\u003ekinaidos\u003c\/em\u003e in ancient sources--a racy verse metre called the Sotadean and a rapid shimmying of the buttocks--and integrates them with the closely related issue of acceptable forms of male social performance in classical cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Sapsford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198854323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198854326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Tom Sapsford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072167047423,"sku":"9780198854326","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b8e8048-17d4-4776-b3da-db2ca5ebf5e2.jpg?v=1685440352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performing-the-kinaidos-tom-sapsford-9780198854326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}