Juschka/Contours, 3. Ancient Spartan Masculinities and Pain

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How to Cite: Juschka, Darlene. Ancient Spartan Masculinities and Pain: A Case Study. Contours of the Flesh - The Semiotics of Pain. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 67-105 Apr 2021. ISBN 9781845539610.

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In this chapter I argue that at the center of the construction of Spartan masculinity is the signifier pain. Pain determines the boundaries between proper and improper masculinity. This chapter investigates, then, the mythic construction of Spartan masculinity in the works of modern and ancient male authors showing how pain as indexical sign deployed in myth and ritual is a central signifier by which to mark proper masculinity, Spartan and otherwise.

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  • container title
    Contours of the Flesh: The Semiotics of Pain
  • creator
    Darlene M. Juschka
  • isbn
    9781800500020 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781800500020