Suchergebnisse

1. Greek pederasty and modern homosexuality / Jan Bremmer -- 2. Lesbian Sappho and Sappho of Lesbos / Andre Lardinois -- 3. To the limits of kinship : anti-incest legislation in the early medieval west (500-900) / Mayke de Jong -- 4. A bridle for lust : representations of sexual morality in Dutch children's portraits of the seventeenth century / Jan Baptist Bedaux -- 5. The woman on a swing and the sensuous voyer : passion and voyeurism in French Rococo -- 6. Venus Minsieke Gasthuis : sexual beliefs in eighteenth-century Holland / Herman Roodenburg -- 7. De Sade, a pessimistic libertine / Arnold Heumakers -- 8. Sexual morality and the meaning of prostitution in Fin-De-Siecle Vienna / Karin J. Jusek -- 9. Mannish women of the Balkan mountains / Rene Gremaux -- 10. A history of sexology : social and historical aspects of sexuality / Gert Hekma.

Aztec human sacrifice as expiation / M. Graulich -- Human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature / J. Borsje -- Myth and ritual in Greek human sacrifice: Lykaon, Polyxena, and the case of the Rhodian criminal / J.N. Bremmer -- The early Christians and human sacrifice / L. Roig Lanzillotta -- Child sacrifice in ancient Israel: the status quaestionis / E. Noort -- Human sacrifice in ancient Egypt / H. te Velde -- Retainer sacrifice in Egypt and in Nubia / J. van Dijk -- Human sacrifice in India in Vedic times and before / A. Parpola -- Human sacrifice (puruṣamedha), construction sacrifice, and the origin of the idea of the "man of the homestead" (vāstupuruṣa) / H.T. Bakker -- Human sacrifice among the Konds / L.P. van den Bosch -- Human sacrifice in Japan / K. Harimoto -- Human sacrifice and self-sacrifice in China: a century of revelations / T.H. Barrett

"In the last two decades we have had many books and proceedings of conferences on the history, formulas and incantations of magic in antiquity, both in East and West, but this is the first book of its kind that focuses on the material aspects of magic, such as gems, rings, drawings, grimoires, amulets and figurines. In recent years scholars have focused not only on the discourse and practices of magic in antiquity, but also on its practitioners, literary stereotypes and historical shifts. Much less attention, however, has been paid to the material that was used by the magicians for their curses and incantations. Yet there is no magic without materiality. The practice of magic required a specialist expertise that knew how to handle material such as lead, gold, stones, papyrus, figurines or voodoo dolls. That is why we present new insights on the materiality of magic by studying both the materials used for magic as well as the books in which the expertise was preserved"--

Periods of transition are often symbolically associated with death, making the latter the paradigm of liminality. Yet, many volumes on death in the social sciences and humanities do not specifically address liminality. This book investigates these "ultimate ambiguities," assuming they can pose a threat to social relationships because of the disintegrating forces of death, but they are also crucial periods of creativity, change, and emergent aspects of social and religious life. Contributors explore death and liminality from an interdisciplinary perspective and present a global range of historical and contemporary case studies outlining emotional, cognitive, artistic, social, and political implications