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The oldest dead white European males and other reflections on the classics / Bernard Knox.
Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 1994.Description: 144 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780393312331
- 039331233X
- PA 3071 .K58 1994
Contents:
Summary: Gender of violence --
"Beyond the limits of decency": women in slavery --
Making "better girls": mistresses, slave women, and the claims of domesticity --
"Nothing but deception in them": the war within --
Out of the house of bondage: a sundering of ties, 1865-1866 --
"Makeshift kind of life": free women and free homes --
"Wild notions of right and wrong": from the plantation household to the wider world.
1. The Oldest Dead White European Males -- 2. The Walls of Thebes -- 3. The Continuity of Greek Culture.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | PA 3071 .K58 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5163306 |
First published 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) index.
1. The Oldest Dead White European Males -- 2. The Walls of Thebes -- 3. The Continuity of Greek Culture.
Gender of violence --
"Beyond the limits of decency": women in slavery --
Making "better girls": mistresses, slave women, and the claims of domesticity --
"Nothing but deception in them": the war within --
Out of the house of bondage: a sundering of ties, 1865-1866 --
"Makeshift kind of life": free women and free homes --
"Wild notions of right and wrong": from the plantation household to the wider world.
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