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Un-Roman Sex explores how gender and sex were perceived and
represented outside the Mediterranean core of the Roman Empire. The
volume critically explores the gender constructs and sexual
behaviours in the provinces and frontiers in light of recent
studies of Roman erotic experience and flux gender identities. At
its core, it challenges the unproblematised extension of the
traditional Romano-Hellenistic model to the provinces and
frontiers. Did sexual relations and gender identities undergo
processes of "provincialisation" or "barbarisation" similar to
other well-known aspects of cultural negotiation and syncretism in
provincial and border regions, for example in art and religion? The
11 chapters that make up the volume explore these issues from a
variety of angles, providing a balanced and rounded view through
use of literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence.
Accordingly, the contributions represent new and emerging ideas on
the subject of sex, gender, and sexuality in the Roman provinces.
As such, Un-Roman Sex will be of interest to higher-level
undergraduates and graduates/academics studying the Roman empire,
gender, and sexuality in the ancient world and at the Roman
frontiers.
Un-Roman Sex explores how gender and sex were perceived and
represented outside the Mediterranean core of the Roman Empire. The
volume critically explores the gender constructs and sexual
behaviours in the provinces and frontiers in light of recent
studies of Roman erotic experience and flux gender identities. At
its core, it challenges the unproblematised extension of the
traditional Romano-Hellenistic model to the provinces and
frontiers. Did sexual relations and gender identities undergo
processes of "provincialisation" or "barbarisation" similar to
other well-known aspects of cultural negotiation and syncretism in
provincial and border regions, for example in art and religion? The
11 chapters that make up the volume explore these issues from a
variety of angles, providing a balanced and rounded view through
use of literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence.
Accordingly, the contributions represent new and emerging ideas on
the subject of sex, gender, and sexuality in the Roman provinces.
As such, Un-Roman Sex will be of interest to higher-level
undergraduates and graduates/academics studying the Roman empire,
gender, and sexuality in the ancient world and at the Roman
frontiers.
In 1949, in the aftermath of a devastating war, Eric Birley
organised the First Congress of Roman Frontier Studies. His aim was
not only to pursue the study of Roman frontiers but also to take a
step towards restoring harmony in international relations within
this field of research. The pattern was set early on: the exchange
of information, networking and friendship. These three elements
remain at the core of the approach of those organising and
attending the Congress. They are reinforced by the pattern of the
meetings, usually held every three years. The programme includes
not only lectures but also visits to the local Roman military sites
led by appropriate specialists. Over the 73 years since the First
Congress, membership has grown enormously with more lecture
theatres and more coaches being required every meeting. This
publication marks the twenty-fifth Congress at Nijmegen in the
Netherlands, a city well known to Roman frontier archaeologists and
early medieval scholars alike. It aims to help newer members
understand the body they have joined; for those who have been
attending for longer, it will be a reminder of friendships made and
strengthened; for all, the book hopes to be a spur to continuing
investigations and research into Rome's greatest monument, its
frontiers; for the moment of publication, it will be a celebration
of the twenty-fifth Congress of Roman Frontier Studies.
Embracing the Provinces is a collection of essays focused on people
and their daily lives living in the Roman provinces, c. 27 BC-AD
476. The main aim is to showcase the vibrancy of Roman provincial
studies and suggest new directions, or new emphasis, for future
investigation of Roman provincial world. It capitalizes on a wealth
of data made available in recent decades to provide a holistic view
on life in the Roman provinces by analysing various aspects of
daily routine in the frontier regions, such as eating, dressing,
and interacting. The contributors, who are acknowledged experts in
their fields, make use of innovative interpretations and modern
approaches to address current issues in the study of the provinces
and frontiers of the Roman Empire. Twenty-one essays are cohesively
structured around five themes, encompassing studies on the female
and juvenile presence on Roman military sites, Roman provincial
cooking, and Roman cavalry and horse equipment. For the first time
in the Roman provincial scholarship the volume has a special
section on the subject of Roman leather, providing a much-needed
overview of the current stance of work. A few papers deal also with
experimental archaeology. The essays reflect a wide geographical
and chronological range, while retaining thematic consistency, and
will be of great interest to those working in Roman archaeology and
provincial studies.
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