Sexing the world : grammatical gender and biological sex in ancient Rome / Anthony Corbeill.

By: Corbeill, Anthony, 1960- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400852468Subject(s): Latin literature -- History and criticism | Latin language -- Gender | Gender identity in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sexing the world : grammatical gender and biological sex in ancient Rome.DDC classification: 870.9/3538 LOC classification: PA6029.E87 | C67 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Latin grammatical gender is not arbitrary -- Roman scholars on grammatical gender and biological sex -- Roman poets on grammatical gender -- Poetic play with sex and gender -- Androgynous gods in archaic Rome -- Appendix to chapter 4: male/female pairs of deities -- The prodigious hermaphrodite.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Latin grammatical gender is not arbitrary -- Roman scholars on grammatical gender and biological sex -- Roman poets on grammatical gender -- Poetic play with sex and gender -- Androgynous gods in archaic Rome -- Appendix to chapter 4: male/female pairs of deities -- The prodigious hermaphrodite.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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