Williams Craig A. Roman homosexuality

2nd ed. — Oxford University Press, 2010. — 500 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-538874-9.Ten years after its original publication, Roman Homosexuality remains the definitive statement of this interesting but often misunderstood aspect of Roman culture. Learned yet accessible, the book has reached both students and general readers with an interest in ancient sexuality. This second edition features a new foreword by Martha Nussbaum, a completely rewritten introduction that takes account of new developments in the field, a rewritten and expanded appendix on ancient images of sexuality, and an updated bibliography.Foreword by Martha Nussbaum
Note to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments from the First Edition
AbbreviationsHomosexuality, Heterosexuality, Bisexuality
Texts, Representation, Reality
Diachronic Change
Past and Present
Scripts of Roman Masculinity
Roman Traditions: Slaves, Prostitutes, and Wives
The Protocols of Masculine Behavior
Boys and Girls
Dirty Jokes
Slaves, Male and Female
Slaves in Plautus
Slaves and Luxury
Prostitutes, Male and Female
Men and Their Wives
Jupiter and Ganymede
Hadrian and Antinous
Greece and Rome
“Greek” Love: Pederasty and the Gymnasium
How “Greek” Was Pederasty?
The Appeal of Youth
Mature Males as Objects of Desire
Exoleti
The Example of Priapus: The Bigger the Better
Visual Imagery
The Concept of Stuprum
The Language of Stuprum and Pudicitia
Homosexual versus Heterosexual Stuprum
Stuprum and Reputation
Wartime Rape and Prostitution
Wives and Children
Stuprum and Masculinity
Pederasty and Adultery
Adultery and Pederasty in the Aeneid
The Law on Stuprum
Effeminacy and Masculinity
Signi? ers of Effeminacy: Softness and Grooming
Virtus and Imperium: Masculinity and Dominion
Foreigners and Women
Masculinity and Self-Control
Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Sexual Practices
Other Voices
Sexual Roles and Identities
Roman and Greek
Viri: Real Men
Labels and Categories for “Men”
Labels for the Penetrated Man: Impudicus, Pathicus, Cinaedus
Stereotypes of the Cinaedus: Effeminacy and “Disease”
The Double Standard
Boys versus Cinaedi
Appearances and Reputation
The Law
Alternative Strategies
Fellatores and Cunnilingi: The Problem of Oral Sex
Crossing Boundaries
The Trouble with Cinaedi: Homosexuality or Gender?
Was There a Subculture?
Conclusions