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Staging Masculinity: The Rhetoric of Performance in the Roman World (Body, in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism) - Hardcover
Staging Masculinity Examines ancient notions of what constitutes a "good man" Full description
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." . . The sheer number of ideas G[underson] articulates in the course of the book testifies to the strength and flexibility of his perspective. He knows ancient rhetorical theory inside and out, and his readings of Cicero and Quintillian are consistently insightful and useful."
--Joy Connolly, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Erik Gunderson is Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, Ohio State University.
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- PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0472111396
- ISBN 13 9780472111398
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Performance was one of the five canonical branches of oratory in the classical period, but it presents special problems that distinguish it from concerns such as composition and memory. The ancient performer was supposed to be a "good man" and his performance a manifestation of an authentic and authoritative manliness. But how can the orator be distinguished from a mere actor? And what is the proper role for the body, given that it is a potential object of desire?Erik Gunderson explores these and other questions in ancient rhetorical theory using a variety of theoretical approaches, drawing in particular on the works of Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Lacan. His study examines the status of rhetorical theory qua theory, the production of a specific version of body in the course of its theoretical description, oratory as a form of self-mastery, the actor as the orator's despised double, the dangers of homoerotic pleasure, and Cicero's De Oratore, as what good theory and practice ought to look like.Erik Gunderson is Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, Ohio State University. Examines ancient notions of what constitutes a "good man" Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780472111398
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