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Amy Richlin
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 40
Citations - 1436
Amy Richlin is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Comedy & Feminist theory. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1388 citations. Previous affiliations of Amy Richlin include University of Southern California & Dartmouth College.
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The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor
TL;DR: Richlin this paper argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defence of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal and suggests that aggressive sexual humour reinforces aggressive behaviour on both the individual and societal level, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture.
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Pornography and representation in Greece and Rome
Eva C. Keuls,Amy Richlin +1 more
TL;DR: The authors consider Greek tragedy and major figures such as Aristophanes, the Roman historian Livy and the poet Ovid from a feminist perspective, taking into account the new work being done on ancient novels; and they deal with previously neglected topics such as the anthologist Athenaeus, and the fragments of erotic handbooks (the ancient pornographers).
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Feminist Theory and the Classics
TL;DR: The case for not ignoring Marx in the study of women in Antiquity is discussed in this paper, where women and language in Archaic Greece are discussed and a Native American Model for the Study of Women in Ancient Greece is presented.