TY - BOOK ID - 3258941 TI - Sexual morality in ancient Rome PY - 2006 SN - 0521859433 9780521859431 9780511482823 9780521109000 9780511219382 0511219385 0511220065 9780511220067 0511220847 9780511220845 9780511221347 0511221347 0511482825 1280480459 9781280480454 0511219385 0521109000 1107167345 0511317204 9781107167346 9780511317200 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Sexual ethics KW - Sex customs KW - Sexual ethics in literature KW - Rome KW - Moral conditions KW - Romeinse oudheid. KW - Seksuele moraal. KW - Sexual ethics in literature. KW - Moral conditions. KW - Sex KW - Sex ethics KW - Sexual behavior, Ethics of KW - Ethics KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Rim KW - Roman Empire KW - Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) KW - Romi (Empire) KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Rome (Italy) KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History KW - Sexual ethics - Rome KW - Sex customs - Rome KW - Rome - Moral conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3258941 AB - Traditionally, scholars have approached Roman sexuality using categories of sexual ethics drawn from contemporary, Western society. In this 2006 book Dr Langlands seeks to move away from these towards a deeper understanding of the issues that mattered to the Romans themselves, and the ways in which they negotiated them, by focusing on the untranslatable concept of pudicitia (broadly meaning 'sexual virtue'). She offers a series of nuanced close readings of texts from a wide spectrum of Latin literature, including history, oratory, love poetry and Valerius Maximus' work Memorable Deeds and Sayings. Pudicitia emerges as a controversial and unsettled topic, at the heart of Roman debates about the difference between men and women, the relation between mind and body, and the ethics of power and status differentiation within Roman culture. The book develops strategies for approaching the study of an ancient culture through sensitive critical readings of its literary productions. ER -