Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium

Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9780230245303
ISBN-13 : 0230245307
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Book Synopsis Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium by : M. Hatzaki

Download or read book Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium written by M. Hatzaki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world.


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