| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Color Plates; Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Roman Prostitution and Brothels; Approaching the Purpose-Built Brothel; Synopsis; Part I; One Architecture; Reconstructing the Purpose-Built Brothel; Architectural Comparisons; Platforms for Activity; Sight Lines; Two Material Finds; Finding the Finds; Activities; Bodily Care; Drinking; Furnishings; Residential Brothel?; Three Graffiti; Pompeian Wall-Writing Culture; A Multisensory Experience; Distribution and the Use of Space |
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Crafting PersonasCommunity Message Board; Four Frescoes; Curating the Brothel's Sexual Universe; Material Environment and Ambiance; Color Plate; Status and Desire; Priapus; Five The Upper Floor; Reconstructing the Architecture of the Upper Floor and Doorway 20; Frescoes; Finds and Graffiti; Ascertaining Function and Use; Relationships with Neighboring Properties; Part II; Six Male Clients; Experiences of Power and Leisure; Claiming Masculinity; Relationships; Seven Female Prostitutes; Exploitation; Physical and Emotional Labor; Performing Personas; Claiming Subjectivity |
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Reframing Clients as ObjectsAmong Themselves; Eight Male Prostitutes; Aging Out; Sexual Objects; Subjects; Resistance; Conclusion; Integration into the Urban, Visual, and Social Landscape; Blurring Boundaries; Exploitation and Agency; Economic Model of the Purpose-Built Brothel; Greek and Roman Prostitution; Appendix A: Excavation History and Material Finds; Ground Floor; Doorway 20; Upper Floor; Appendix B: Graffiti; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1: Architecture; Chapter 2: Material Finds; Chapter 3: Graffiti; Chapter 4: Frescoes; Chapter 5: Upper Floor; Chapter 6: Male Clients |
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Chapter 7: Female ProstitutesChapter 8: Male Prostitutes; Conclusion; Appendix A: Excavation History and Material Finds; Appendix B: Graffiti; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index |
| Summary |
"In this book, Sarah Levin-Richardson offers the first authoritative examination of Pompeii's purpose-built brothel, the only verifiable brothel from Greco-Roman antiquity. Taking readers on a tour of all of the structure's evidence, including the rarely seen upper floor, she illuminates the subculture housed within its walls. Here, prostitutes could flout the norms of society and proclaim themselves sexual subjects and agents, while servile clients were allowed to act as 'real men'. Prostitutes and clients also exchanged gifts, greetings, jokes, taunts, and praise. Written in a clear, engaging style, and accompanied by an ample illustration program and translations of humorous and haunting graffiti, Levin-Richardson's book will become a new touchstone for those interested in the history of women, slavery, and prostitution in the classical world."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf title page (Proquest, viewed May 8, 2020) |
| Subject |
Brothels -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city)
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Prostitution -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Brothels
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Manners and customs
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Prostitution
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Social conditions
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Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions
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Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108751841 |
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1108751849 |
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9781108655040 |
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1108655041 |
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