Overview

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 of not only 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. Chapter 21 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Author:   Mati Meyer ,  Charis Messis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.170kg
ISBN:  

9780367490935

ISBN 10:   0367490935
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   23 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: An Octogenarian Welcome Judith Herrin An Introduction: Gender and Sex(uality) in Byzantium? Mati Meyer and Charis Messis Part I. Gendering Thinking Chapter 1 Framing Gender I: Scientific and Religious Discourses Charis Messis Chapter 2 Framing Gender II: Paradigms of Social Gender Lynda Garland Chapter 3 Reading Gender Variance Roland Betancourt Part II. Practicing Gender and Sexuality Chapter 4 Section Intro: Contextualizing Gender in Byzantine Society and Politics Leonora Neville Chapter 5 Practices of Religious and Social Constructions of Gender Damien Casey and Bronwen Neils Chapter 6 Gender and Family: Demography and Procreation Béatrice Caseau Chapter 7 Women and Trade from the Ninth to the Fifteenth Century: Some Remarks Maria Gerolymatou Chapter 8 Gendering the Byzantine Space Brigitte Pitarakis Chapter 9 Gendering Cooking: The Case of Mageiros Ilias Anagnostakis and Maria Leontsini Chapter 10 Gender, Sexuality and Marriage in Late Byzantium Patrick Viscuso Chapter 11 Gender and Extramarital Sexuality: Adultery, Fornication, Prostitution Eleftheria Papagianni Chapter 12 Gender and Transgressive Sexuality: The Case of Homosexual Practices Charis Messis Chapter 13 Gender and the Perception of the Ethnic ‘Other’ Anthony Kaldellis Chapter 14 Judaism and Byzantium Joshua David Holo Part III. Performing Gender and Sexuality Chapter 15 Section Intro: Configurations of Gender: Femininity, Masculinity, Sexuality, Same-Sex Love in Text and Visual Arts Leslie Brubaker Chapter 16 Fleshing Out the Sexed and Gendered Body in Art Mati Meyer and Lora Ellen Webb Chapter 17 Gendering the End of Time in Texts and Art Eirini Afentoulidou Chapter 18 Gender (and Sexuality) in Byzantine Literature Stratis Papaioannou Chapter 19 Centaurs at the Wedding: The Desiring Gaze and Visuality Diliana Angelova Chapter 20 Gender in the Visual Culture of the Early and Middle Byzantine Imperial Court Alicia Walker Chapter 21 Negotiating Gender Identity through the Visual Arts Maria Parani Chapter 22 Gender and Fashion Bente Kiilerich Chapter 23 Emotions Gendered in Byzantine Narrative Literature Stavroula Constantinou Chapter 24 Gendering Emotion in Art Henry Maguire Chapter 25 Singing and Performing Gender in the Sacred Space: Music and Theatre Przemysław Marciniak and Andrew Walker White Redefining Gender in Byzantium: Future Directions of Research Liz James

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Mati Meyer received her PhD from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is a faculty member at the Open University of Israel. She has published extensively in articles and a monograph and co‑edited books on women, realia, emotions, corporeality, gender and sexuality, and biblical reception in Byzantine art, including Emotions and Gender in Byzantine Culture, edited by Mati Meyer and Stavroula Constantinou (2018) and Between Judaism and Christianity: Art‑Historical Essays in Honor of Elisheva (Elisabeth) Revel Neher, edited by Katrin Kogman‑Appel and Mati Meyer (2009). Charis Messis holds a PhD in Byzantine Studies from Écoles des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and a habilitation from the Sorbonne University. He is now teaching Byzantine Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. His research interests concern Byzantine history and literature, especially the history of gender, along with other social and anthropological aspects of the Byzantine world. He is author and co-editor of several books and articles, including Storytelling in Byzantium: Narratological Approaches to Byzantine Texts and Images, edited by C. Messis, M. Mullett, and I. Nilsson (2018).

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