The Brothel of Pompeii : Sex, Class, and Gender at the Margins of Roman Society.

Levin-Richardson, Sarah.
The Brothel of Pompeii :
DK/0279
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ISBN
9781108751841 (electronic bk.)
9781108496872
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DK/0279
Yazar
Levin-Richardson, Sarah.
Yayın Bilgisi
©2019.
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1 online resource (274 pages)
İçindekiler Notu
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Color Plates -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Roman Prostitution and Brothels -- Approaching the Purpose-Built Brothel -- Synopsis -- Part I -- One Architecture -- Reconstructing the Purpose-Built Brothel -- Architectural Comparisons -- Platforms for Activity -- Sight Lines -- Two Material Finds -- Finding the Finds -- Activities -- Bodily Care -- Drinking -- Furnishings -- Residential Brothel? -- Three Graffiti -- Pompeian Wall-Writing Culture -- A Multisensory Experience -- Distribution and the Use of Space -- Crafting Personas -- Community Message Board -- Four Frescoes -- Curating the Brothel's Sexual Universe -- Material Environment and Ambiance -- Color Plate -- Status and Desire -- Priapus -- Five The Upper Floor -- Reconstructing the Architecture of the Upper Floor and Doorway 20 -- Frescoes -- Finds and Graffiti -- Ascertaining Function and Use -- Relationships with Neighboring Properties -- Part II -- Six Male Clients -- Experiences of Power and Leisure -- Claiming Masculinity -- Relationships -- Seven Female Prostitutes -- Exploitation -- Physical and Emotional Labor -- Performing Personas -- Claiming Subjectivity -- Reframing Clients as Objects -- Among Themselves -- Eight Male Prostitutes -- Aging Out -- Sexual Objects -- Subjects -- Resistance -- Conclusion -- Integration into the Urban, Visual, and Social Landscape -- Blurring Boundaries -- Exploitation and Agency -- Economic Model of the Purpose-Built Brothel -- Greek and Roman Prostitution -- Appendix A: Excavation History and Material Finds -- Ground Floor -- Doorway 20 -- Upper Floor -- Appendix B: Graffiti -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Architecture -- Chapter 2: Material Finds -- Chapter 3: Graffiti -- Chapter 4: Frescoes.
Chapter 5: Upper Floor -- Chapter 6: Male Clients -- Chapter 7: Female Prostitutes -- Chapter 8: Male Prostitutes -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Excavation History and Material Finds -- Appendix B: Graffiti -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index.
Özet, vb.
Offers an in-depth exploration of the only assured brothel from the Greco-Roman world, illuminating the lives of both prostitutes and clients.
Konu
Brothels-Italy-Pompeii (Extinct city).
Prostitution-Italy-Pompeii (Extinct city).
Pompeii (Extinct city)-Social conditions..
Pompeii (Extinct city)-Social life and customs.
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