Women, Men, and Eunuchs: Gender in ByzantiumLiz James The collected papers in this volume present a unique introduction both to the history of women, of men and eunuchs, or the third sex, in Byzantium and to the various theoretical and methodological approaches through which the topic can be examined. The contributors use evidence from both texts and images to give a wide-ranging picture of the place of women and Byzantine society and the perceptions of women held by that society. |
Contents
THOUGHTS | 1 |
WOMEN AND ICONS AND WOMEN IN ICONS 14 | 24 |
PATTERNS | 52 |
IMPERIAL WOMEN AND THE IDEOLOGY | 76 |
GENDER AND ORIENTALISM IN GEORGIA | 100 |
THE RHETORIC | 119 |
WOMEN AS OUTSIDERS | 149 |
AN OVERVIEW WITH | 168 |
HOMO BYZANTINUS? | 185 |
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