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" The manly eunuch : "
Mathew Kuefler.
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BL
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711364
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b533553
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| Main Entry
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Kuefler, Mathew.
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| Title & Author
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The manly eunuch : : masculinity, gender ambiguity, and Christian ideology in late antiquity /\ Mathew Kuefler.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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The Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society
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x, 437 p. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0226457397 (alk. paper)
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: 9780226457390 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-428) and index.
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| Contents
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"masculine splendor" Sexual difference, gender ambiguity, and the social utility of unmanliness -- "men receive a wound, and submit to a defeat" Masculinity, militarism, and political authority -- "A purity he does not show himself" Masculintiy, the later Roman household, and men's sexuality -- "I am a soldier of Christ" Christian masculinity and militarism -- "We priests have our own nobility" Christian masculintiy and public authority -- "My seed is a hundred times more fertile" Christian Masculintiy, sex and marriane -- "The manliness of faith" Sexual difference and gender ambiguity in latin Christian ideology -- "Eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven" Castration and cChristian manliness.
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Masculinity-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History-- To 1500.
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Masculinity-- Rome-- History-- To 1500.
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BT702.K84 2001
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