Body Behaviour and Identity Construction in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature

This book offers the first systematic, up-to-date, cross-cultural, and detailed study of "semi-volitional bodily behaviour" (sneezing, spitting, coughing, burping, vomiting, defecating, etc.) in the classical world.

Autorentext

Andreas Serafim is Assistant Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torü. He is the author of several publications, including four monographs, the most recent of which is Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics (Routledge 2021). He has conducted several projects on Attic oratory, performance, nonverbal communication, identity construction, invective, ancient Greek religion, the reception of ancient rhetoric, linguistics, gender/sexuality, theories of humour and persuasion, and has published widely on these topics.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Sexual identity in bodily production; 2. Framing collective and clashing identities; 3. Nonverbal behaviour, thos, and emotions; 4. Body from the inside out: Identity, diet, and medical conditions; Conclusion.