| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes for non-Assyriologist readers; Abbreviations; Chronological chart; Map; INTRODUCTION; THE COSMOLOGICAL ARTICULATION OF SEXUALITY; MASCULINE SEXUALITY IN SUMERIAN LITERATURE; ENKI AND NINHURSAGA: A MYTH OF MALE LUST?; FROM ADOLESCENCE TO MATURITY: THE MYTH OF ENLIL AND NINLIL; PHALLICISM IN SUMERIAN LITERATURE; FEMININITY AND EROTICISM IN SUMERIAN LITERATURE; THE BRIDAL SONGS; INANNA AND HER BROTHER; INANNA REJOICING IN HER VULVA; 'MY CONSORT, MAID INANNA, LADY, VOLUPTUOUSNESS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH' |
| Summary |
A fascinating book shedding light on the sexual culture of one of the earliest literate civilisations and provides a new contribution to current debates about sex, eroticism and gender |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Erotic literature, Sumerian -- History and criticism
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Erotic literature, Assyro-Babylonian -- History and criticism
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Sex in literature.
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Sex customs -- Iraq -- History
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Erotica -- Iraq -- History
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Erotic literature, Assyro-Babylonian
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Erotic literature, Sumerian
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Erotica
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Sex customs
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Sex in literature
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Iraq
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93049776 |
| ISBN |
9780203414286 |
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0203414284 |
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0203462750 |
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9780203462751 |
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1280322810 |
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9781280322815 |
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0585448736 |
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9780585448732 |
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