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Article: Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History.(Book Review)
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- Journal of World History
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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By PIOTR O. SCHOLZ. Translated by JOHN A. BROADWIN and SHELLEY L. FRISCH. Princeton: Marcus Weiner Publishers, 2001. xii + 327 pp. $44.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
German cultural historian Piotr O. Scholz has written an interesting and unusual book documenting the presence and contributions of a little regarded group of historical figures. In Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History, Scholz seeks to provide his audience with more than a titillating read on the sexual practices of the ancients. Rather, the author intends to bring to light a previously disregarded and shrouded group of people who, he says, represent "a multiplicity of human behavioral patterns that ...
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