Wine, Brains, and Snakes: An Ancient Roman Cult between Gendered Contaminants, Sexuality, and Pollution Beliefs
The present contribution, concerning the ancient Roman cult of Bona Dea, explores the interplay between intuitive healing beliefs, morality, disgust, and coercive control of sexual behaviours. In order to preliminarily investigate cultural variations concerning sex and gender issues in past societie...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-154 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bona Dea
/ Cult
/ Sexual behavior
/ Gender composition
/ Morals
/ Contamination (Technology)
/ Purity
/ Wine
/ Serpents
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Morality
B Afterlife B Sexuality B Roman Religion B contamination |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |