“Between the human and the divine”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20087044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Filippo Carla-Uhink (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 3-37 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | TransAntiquity (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315673844-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2903831783 |
| ISBN | 9781315673844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This chapter aims to shed light on mentalities, structures of power, forms of political self-representation, and on their reciprocal connections. It analyses the adoption of transgender elements in discourse, and illustrate thus the mental structures underlying gender issues in the Graeco-Roman world. The chapter focuses on the practice of cross-dressing in Classical Antiquity and presents significant examples of "performative gender (self)reassignment". A symbolic form of female-to-male cross-dressing, which again does not endanger gender boundaries, underpins the law which forced prostitutes in Rome to wear a toga. The chapter argues that Greek and Roman mentality recognized gender boundaries as a central element, constitutive of the human – their transgression was admitted only as part of a "posthuman world", and therefore considered as revealing a divine nature or a divine protection. The possibility of crossing the established gender boundaries, which are so closely watched, can only be a trans- and superhuman possibility, which implies a divine nature or divine intervention
Classical Antiquity Studies · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |