My Men Have Become Women, and My Women Men: Gender, Identity, and Cursing in Mesopotamia

The following essay considers the ways in which masculinity and femininity can be seen as potentially fluid, rather than rigid, categories in the ancient Near East, and furthermore understood as part of shifting nexus of power and agency - or lack thereof. Specifically gendered insults exploited the...

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Main Author: Konstantopoulos, Gina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht [2020]
In: Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 358-375
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
KBL Near East and North Africa
NBE Anthropology
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
ZA Social sciences
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