The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Queer Th, Ella-Haselswerdt, Lindheim,..

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The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Queer TheoryAuthor(s): Ella Haselswerdt, Sara H. Lindheim, Kirk Ormand\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032026794, 978-1032026794\nSynopsis\nNew directions in queer theory continue to trouble the boundaries of both queerness and the classical, leading to an explosion of new work in the vastand increasingly unchartedintersection between these disciplines, which this interdisciplinary volume seeks to explore.\n\nThis handbook convenes an international group of experts who work on the classical world and queer theory. The discipline of Classics has been involved with, and implicated in, queer theory from the start. By placing front and center the rejection of heteronormativity, queer theory has provided Classics with a powerful tool for analyzing non-normative sexual and gender relations in the ancient West, while Classics offers queer theory ancient material (such as literatur.