Sexualities in Roman provinces : creating identities through sexual representations in colonial settings
This thesis investigates provincial peoplesâ sexualities during the Roman Empire. It does so through the study of mass-produced visual sexual narratives on moulded lamps from twelve Roman provincial sites. The study examines archaeological material through the lenses of post-colonial and queer theories and combines traditional art-historical perspectives with more novel statistical methods. It looks at bodily representations decorating provincial lamps, and changing patterns of consumption of these images and objects at multiple scales. This project thus looks at the ways sexualities and socio-sexual hierarchies were generated and transformed through bodily representations and practices, while taking into account the ways broader imperial and socio-economic aspects framed provincial social life. In employing the sociological concepts of constructed and complex identities, the study argues that Roman provincial people exercised choice when selecting lamps with sexual imagery; it demonstrates the dynamic and varied nature of provincial sexualities. The findings highlight that there is a distinct variation in the diachronic and synchronic distribution and iconography of sexuality. Lamps and their sexual imagery
Vucetic, Sanja
Sexualities in Roman provinces : creating identities through sexual representations in colonial settings. This thesis investigates provincial peoplesâ sexualities during the Roman Empire. It does so through the study of mass-produced visual sexual narratives on moulded lamps from twelve Roman provincial sites. The study examines archaeological material through the lenses of post-colonial and queer theories and combines traditional art-historical perspectives with more novel statistical methods. It looks at bodily representations decorating provincial lamps, and changing patterns of consumption of these images and objects at multiple scales. This project thus looks at the ways sexualities and socio-sexual hierarchies were generated and transformed through bodily representations and practices, while taking into account the ways broader imperial and socio-economic aspects framed provincial social life. In employing the sociological concepts of constructed and complex identities, the study argues that Roman provincial people exercised choice when selecting lamps with sexual imagery; it demonstrates the dynamic and varied nature of provincial sexualities. The findings highlight that there is a distinct variation in the diachronic and synchronic distribution and iconography of sexuality. Lamps and their sexual imagery
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