The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor Book

Statues of the god Priapus stood in Roman gardens to warn potential thieves that the god would rape them if they attempted to steal from him. Amy Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defence of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychological, and feminist methodologies, she suggests that aggressive sexual humour reinforces aggressive behaviour on both the individual and societal level, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture.Read More

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  • 0195068734
  • 9780195068733
  • Amy Richlin
  • 15 October 1992
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • 2nd Revised edition
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