[PDF.33ll] Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History

Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History

[PDF.ch42] Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History

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 | #733333 in Books |  Piotr O Scholz |  1999-12-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.71 x5.98l,1.12 | File type: PDF | 327 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Meh|By Anne B.|I had really hoped that this would have more stuff in there about how these people actually felt about their status, what they experienced, but so far I haven't found anything like that. Most of it seems to be pretty dry, cataloguing where and when these practices occurred. Perhaps I have missed something.|2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.|From Publishers Weekly|Long before John Bobbitt's wife made him notorious, emasculation was regarded as an act of torture; however, many cultures have regarded self-castration, in particular, to be virtuous. When opera became popular in the 17th century, castrat

A social history of the role of eunuchs in the households and courts of Greece, Rome, China, Byzantine, medieval Europe and the East, which aims to challenge traditional preconceptions about their duties. Scholz demonstrates that many eunuchs were not slaves but were instead important household and government officials who exerted great influence, notably in the Near East. He also argues that androgeny was idealised as a liberated and pure condition in medieval Christian...

You easily download any file type for your device.Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History   |  Piotr O. Scholz. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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