Andreia : Studies in Manliness and Courage in Classical Antiquity
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| Title: | Andreia : Studies in Manliness and Courage in Classical Antiquity |
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| Description: | This volume examines the use of a central concept in the self-definition of any Greek speaking male: Andreia, the notion of courage and manliness. The nature and use of value terms quickly leads the researcher to core issues of cultural identity: through a combination of lexical or semantic and conceptual studies the discourse of manliness and its role in the construction of social order is studied, in a variety of authors, genres, and communicative situations.This book is of interest to students of the classical world, the history of values, gender studies, and cultural historians. |
| Authors: | Ralph Rosen, Ineke Sluiter |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Masculinity--Terminology, Civilization, Classical, Greek language--Semantics, Andreia (The Greek word), Classical literature--History and criticism, Courage--Terminology, Civilization, Ancient |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This volume examines the use of a central concept in the self-definition of any Greek speaking male: Andreia, the notion of courage and manliness. The nature and use of value terms quickly leads the researcher to core issues of cultural identity: through a combination of lexical or semantic and conceptual studies the discourse of manliness and its role in the construction of social order is studied, in a variety of authors, genres, and communicative situations.This book is of interest to students of the classical world, the history of values, gender studies, and cultural historians. |
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| ISBN: | 9789004119956 9781417506750 9789047400738 |
