The Resource Making men: sophists and self-presentation in ancient Rome
Making men: sophists and self-presentation in ancient Rome
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- Summary
- The careers of two popular second-century rhetorical virtuosos offer Maud Gleason fascinating insights into the ways ancient Romans constructed masculinity during a time marked by anxiety over manly deportment. Declamation was an exhilarating art form for the Greeks and bilingual Romans of the Second Sophistic movement, and its best practitioners would travel the empire performing in front of enraptured audiences. The mastery of rhetoric marked the transition to manhood for all aristocratic citizens and remained crucial to a man's social standing. In treating rhetoric as a process of self-presentation in a face-to-face society, Gleason analyzes the deportment and writings of the two Sophists - Favorinus, a eunuch, and Polemo, a man who met conventional gender expectations - to suggest the ways character and gender were perceived
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxxii, 193 pages
- Contents
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- Ch. 1. Favorinus and His Statue
- Ch. 2. Portrait of Polemo: The Deportment of the Public Self
- Ch. 3. Deportment as Language Physiognomy and the Semiotics of Gender
- Ch. 4. Aerating the Flesh: Voice Training and the Calisthenics of Gender
- Ch. 5. Voice and Virility in Rhetorical Writers
- Ch. 6. Manhood Achieved through Speech: A Eunuch-Philosopher's Self-Fashioning
- Isbn
- 9780691048000
- Label
- Making men: sophists and self-presentation in ancient Rome
- Title
- Making men: sophists and self-presentation in ancient Rome
- Subject
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- Greek literature, Hellenistic -- Appreciation -- Rome
- Greek literature, Hellenistic -- Rome -- History and criticism
- Polemo, Antonius, approximately 88-145 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Rhetoric, Ancient
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Self in literature
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- Rome -- History and criticism
- Rome -- Civilization | Greek influences
- Favorinus, of Arles, approximately 81-approximately 150 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The careers of two popular second-century rhetorical virtuosos offer Maud Gleason fascinating insights into the ways ancient Romans constructed masculinity during a time marked by anxiety over manly deportment. Declamation was an exhilarating art form for the Greeks and bilingual Romans of the Second Sophistic movement, and its best practitioners would travel the empire performing in front of enraptured audiences. The mastery of rhetoric marked the transition to manhood for all aristocratic citizens and remained crucial to a man's social standing. In treating rhetoric as a process of self-presentation in a face-to-face society, Gleason analyzes the deportment and writings of the two Sophists - Favorinus, a eunuch, and Polemo, a man who met conventional gender expectations - to suggest the ways character and gender were perceived
- Cataloging source
- UkLiU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gleason, Maud W.
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Greek literature, Hellenistic
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
- Greek literature, Hellenistic
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Self in literature
- Rhetoric, Ancient
- Rome
- Favorinus
- Polemo, Antonius
- Label
- Making men: sophists and self-presentation in ancient Rome
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Favorinus and His Statue -- Ch. 2. Portrait of Polemo: The Deportment of the Public Self -- Ch. 3. Deportment as Language Physiognomy and the Semiotics of Gender -- Ch. 4. Aerating the Flesh: Voice Training and the Calisthenics of Gender -- Ch. 5. Voice and Virility in Rhetorical Writers -- Ch. 6. Manhood Achieved through Speech: A Eunuch-Philosopher's Self-Fashioning
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxxii, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691048000
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Making men: sophists and self-presentation in ancient Rome
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Favorinus and His Statue -- Ch. 2. Portrait of Polemo: The Deportment of the Public Self -- Ch. 3. Deportment as Language Physiognomy and the Semiotics of Gender -- Ch. 4. Aerating the Flesh: Voice Training and the Calisthenics of Gender -- Ch. 5. Voice and Virility in Rhetorical Writers -- Ch. 6. Manhood Achieved through Speech: A Eunuch-Philosopher's Self-Fashioning
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxxii, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691048000
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Greek literature, Hellenistic -- Appreciation -- Rome
- Greek literature, Hellenistic -- Rome -- History and criticism
- Polemo, Antonius, approximately 88-145 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Rhetoric, Ancient
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Self in literature
- Sophists (Greek philosophy)
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- Rome -- History and criticism
- Rome -- Civilization | Greek influences
- Favorinus, of Arles, approximately 81-approximately 150 -- Criticism and interpretation
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