The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium.(Book Review)

Journal of Social History | December 22, 2004| | Copyright

The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium. By Kathryn M. Ringrose (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003. xiv plus 295 pp. $40.00).

In recent years there has been a notable increase of interest in the subject of eunuchs. Studies have ranged from general overviews of the eunuch in history (P.O. Scholz, Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History, 2001) to specific investigations (D. Ayalon, Eunuchs, Caliphs and Sultans: A Study in Power Relationships, 1999; L. Engelstein, Castration and the Heavenly Kingdom: A ...

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