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Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism

Bernadette J. Brooten

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Description:Love Between Women" examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women. An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A definitive source for all future discussion of homoeroticism and the Bible.OCoMary Rose D'Angelo, "Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review" [Brooten's] convincing analysis . . . not only profoundly reshapes our understanding of the past, but it should also shape the way in which that past, particularly the early Christian texts with their immense normative weight, will be used for the future.OCoAnne L. Clark, "Journal of Lesbian Studies" "Love Between Women" gives contemporary debates on sexuality a carefully delineated past. It boldly insists upon a different future, one informed by history but not tyrannized by it.OCoSusan Ackerman, "Lambda Book Report" Fascinating, provocative and lucid. . . . Brooten has made a fundamental contribution to women's and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and classics.OCoElizabeth A. Castelli, "Women's Review of Books" Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Studies Book, 1997We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism. To get started finding Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 448

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226075931

Description: Love Between Women" examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of love between women. An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A definitive source for all future discussion of homoeroticism and the Bible.OCoMary Rose D'Angelo, "Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review" [Brooten's] convincing analysis . . . not only profoundly reshapes our understanding of the past, but it should also shape the way in which that past, particularly the early Christian texts with their immense normative weight, will be used for the future.OCoAnne L. Clark, "Journal of Lesbian Studies" "Love Between Women" gives contemporary debates on sexuality a carefully delineated past. It boldly insists upon a different future, one informed by history but not tyrannized by it.OCoSusan Ackerman, "Lambda Book Report" Fascinating, provocative and lucid. . . . Brooten has made a fundamental contribution to women's and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, and classics.OCoElizabeth A. Castelli, "Women's Review of Books" Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Studies Book, 1997We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism. To get started finding Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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