TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meyer,Mati
AU  - Messēs,Charēs
TI  - The Routledge handbook of gender and sexuality in Byzantium
T2  - Routledge history handbooks
SN  - 9781003044475
U1  - 305.309495 23/eng/20240522
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - Sex
KW  - History
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Religious life and customs
N2  - "This Handbook is the first to consider the interrelated subjects of gender and sexuality in the Eastern Roman empire from an interdisciplinary perspective. Drawing on both modern theories and Byzantine perceptions, and considering multiple periods and religions (Eastern Orthodox, Islamic, and Jewish), it provides evidentiary textual and visual material support for an analysis of the two linked themes. Broadly, the essays demonstrate that gender and sexual constructs in Byzantium were porous. As a result, they expand our knowledge not only of how sex and gender were conceived and performed, but also how ideas and practices shaped Byzantine life. The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Byzantium will be an indispensable guide for students and scholars of late antique and Byzantine religion, history, culture and art, who will find it a useful critical survey of current scholarship and one that shines new light in their areas of research. The focus on issues of gender and sexuality may also be of interest to individuals concerned with Eastern Mediterranean culture, as well as to the broader public"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003044475
ER  -