Books for Gender & Sexuality Courses

Women in the Ancient Near East

A Sourcebook

Edited by Mark Chavalas

Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World

Women in the Ancient Near East provides a collection of primary sources from a broad range of Near Eastern civilizations, from the earliest historical and literary texts (c. 2700 BC) to the latest Hellenistic historians who comment on Near Eastern history (e.g., Berossus, c.205 BC). The book is a...

To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Routledge

Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty

Boys Were Their Gods

By Andrew Lear, Eva Cantarella

This lavishly illustrated book brings together, for the first time, all of the different ways in which vase-painting portrays or refers to pederasty, from scenes of courtship, foreplay, and sex, to scenes of Zeus with his boy-love Ganymede, to painted inscriptions praising the beauty of boys. ...

Published November 1st 2009 by Routledge

Dress and the Roman Woman

Self-Presentation and Society

By Kelly Olson

In ancient Rome, the subtlest details in dress helped to distinguish between levels of social and moral hierarchy. Clothes were a key part of the sign systems of Roman civilization – a central aspect of its visual language, for women as well as men. This engaging book collects and examines artistic...

Published April 23rd 2008 by Routledge