IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 810: Byzantine Bodies, IV: The Byzantine Body Politic and the Cartography of Power
Tuesday 5 July 2022, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Cardiff Centre for Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University |
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| Organiser: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Paper 810-a | Reconfiguring Eunuchs' Bodies and Politics in Byzantium: Trisexuation and Imperial Eunuchs of War in the 6th and 7th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies |
| Paper 810-b | Imperial Bodies: The Physicality of the 'Macedonian Dynasty' (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies |
| Abstract | This session is part of the panel on Byzantine Bodies. It considers 'The Byzantine Body Politic and the Cartography of Power'. It focuses on strategies of shaping collective identities in Byzantium through figurative approaches toward the body. It addresses gendered aspects of the political, social, cultural, material, and textual body. It will also explore the disciplining normative narratives of later Roman society and their contribution to the construction of the androcentric hierarchy of power in Byzantium. |