The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor

by Amy Richlin

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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. In this book, Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defense of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius toJuvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychological, and feminist methodologies, she suggests that aggressive sexual humor reinforces aggressive behavior...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300029020

ISBN13:9780300029024

Release Date:January 1983

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:289 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

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