1st Edition
Body Behaviour and Identity Construction in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
Introduction; 1. Sexual identity in bodily production; 2. Framing collective and clashing identities; 3. Nonverbal behaviour, ēthos, and emotions; 4. Body from the inside out: Identity, diet, and medical conditions; Conclusion.
Biography
Andreas Serafim is Assistant Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He is the author of several publications, including four monographs, the most recent of which is Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics (Routledge 2021). He has conducted several projects on Attic oratory, performance, nonverbal communication, identity construction, invective, ancient Greek religion, the reception of ancient rhetoric, linguistics, gender/sexuality, theories of humour and persuasion, and has published widely on these topics.
"Body Behaviour and Identity Construction in Ancient and Roman Literature is an engaging exploration of how the body—particularly in its semi-volitional, often involuntary expressions—becomes a cogent medium for constructing, negotiating, and undermining identities in ancient Greco-Roman contexts...the book offers valuable insights not only into how the ancients understood and performed identity through the body but also into how contemporary scholars might revisit texts of Greek and Roman literature with renewed attention to embodied experience." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
