Auguries of Hegemony: The Sex Omens of Mesopotamia
1997; Wiley; Volume: 9; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/1468-0424.00071
ISSN1468-0424
Autores Tópico(s)Families in Therapy and Culture
ResumoAncient Mesopotamian scholars examined problematic aspects of male erotic desire within the discourse of divination. They documented an array of sexual acts, reading each as an omen, a sign signifying an aspect of the future. Guinan shows that the omens are informed by a coherent perspective and, in general, are concerned with the impact of erotic desire on notions of male identity and expectations of gender hierarchy. The omens oppose masculine hegemony and male/female eroticism in such a way that the denial of one is the assertion of the other. In these omens, masculine power and agency are both expressed and preserved by the disavowal of erotic interactions with women.
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