"The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium" by Kathryn M. Ringrose
UniChi Press | 2003 | ISBN: 0226720152 9780226720159 9780226720166 | 310 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This book reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Written with precision and meticulously researched, this book will immediately take its place as a major study on Byzantium and the history of gender.
Author uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs as a distinct gender and to illustrate how gender was defined in the Byzantine world. At the same time sthe book explores the changing role of the eunuch in Byzantium from 600 to 1100.
Contents List of Illustrations
Spelling Conventions for Greek Names
Acknowledgments
Introduction - Eunuchs of Byzantium: Context and Definition
PART I. GENDER AS SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
1 The Language of Gender
2 Byzantine Medical Lore and the Gendering of Eunuchs
3 Gender Construction as Acculturation
4 Making Sense of Tradition: Regendering Legendary Narratives
PART II. BECOMING PROTAGONISTS
5 Passing the Test of Sanctity: Eunuchs and the Ecclesiastical World of Byzantium
6 Transgressing Gender Boundaries: Eunuchs in Authority
7 Transcending the Material World: Eunuchs and Angels
8 Eunuchs at the Palace: Gendered Space and Confirmation of the Imperial Numen
9 Social Reproduction and Integration
Conclusion - Present and Past Perceptions of Gender
Appendix - Spelling Equivalents, Traditional and Reformed
Frequently Used Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
with TOC BookMarkLinks
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