Shameless: The Canine and the Feminine in Ancient Greece
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The figure of the dog is a paradox. As in so many cultures, past and present, the dog in ancient Greece was seen as the animal closest to humans, even as it elicited from them the most negative representations. Still a loaded term today, the word bitch not only signified shamelessness and a lack of self-control but was also exclusively figured as female. Woman and dogs in the Greek imagination were intimately intertwined, and in this careful,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520273400
ISBN13:9780520273405
Release Date:September 2014
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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