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Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural Historyby Piotr O. Scholz, Shelley L. Frisch, John A. BroadwinISBN 1558762019 (1-55876-201-9)
Softcover, Markus Wiener Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History'Book summary:This fascinating study of eunuchs guides readers as they travel through various lands and periods, familiarizing themselves with the duties and responsibilities, the unspeakable torments, and the passions and joys of these individuals. Eunuchs were not simply "bedchamber attendants," as the Greek term suggests. Nor were they always slaves. They could just as well be ascetics, priests, magicians, scholars, physicians, military commanders, admirals, or senior officials at the courts of both eastern and western rulers. In the Byzantine empire, the only office they were precluded from attaining was that of emperor. The rich and varied forms of religious, social, and sexual life associated with eunuchs and castrati embrace a wealth of myths relating to gods and demons, initiation rites, rituals, and magic. They touch on the history of law and medicine, various systems of government, and secret societies. And they are presented to us in terms of the cruelest punishments and tortures. On the one hand, they facilitated unique developments in the evolution of vocal music, and on the other, they gave rise to a multiplicity of human behavioral patterns that reflect every aspect of good and evil. Readers will become acquainted with various forms of sexuality, such as androgyny, transvestism, transsexualism, and homosexuality, and learn about the historical, religious, and social issues associated with their characteristic "life settings." Whether out of a sense of shame or because of moral considerations, these phenomena appear only on the margins of the history of customs and mores. The book weaves together art, literary history, theology, anthropology, music, medicine, politics, and law to examine the roles of eunuchs in Egypt, Greece and Rome, Early Christianity, China, Islam, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation, and 17th and 18th century Italian opera.. [via]
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Hildegard of Bingen: Healing and the Nature of the Cosmosby Piotr O. Scholz, Shelley L. Frisch, John A. BroadwinISBN 1558761381 (1-55876-138-1)
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Invisible Walls :A German Family Under the Nuremberg Laws: And to Remember Is to Heal Encounters Between Victims of the Nuremberg Lawsby Ingeborg Hecht, John Brownjohn, John A. BroadwinISBN 0810113716 (0-8101-1371-6)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Maybe Luck Isn't Just Chanceby Ruth Liepman, John A. BroadwinISBN 0810112957 (0-8101-1295-7)
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The Triumph of Propaganda: Film and National Socialism, 1933-1945by Hilmar Hoffmann, Volker R. Berghahn, John A. BroadwinISBN 1571811222 (1-57181-122-2)
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The Unwelcome One: Returning Home from Auschwitzby Hans Frankenthal, Andreas Plake, Babette Quinkert, Florian Schmalz, John A. BroadwinISBN 0810118874 (0-8101-1887-4)
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Waiting for Hope: Jewish Displaced Persons in Post-World War II Germanyby Juliane Wetzel, Angelika Konigseder, John A. BroadwinISBN 0810114771 (0-8101-1477-1)
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