Publications

Authors:

Merotto, Maria Federica

Title:

Donʼt Ask Us for Lex. Body Exhibition and Forms of Exclusion

Year:

2018

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

PÓLEMOS

ISSN of journal:

2035-5262

N° Volume:

12

Number or Folder:

2

Page numbers:

313-337

Keyword:

human body in roman law, socio-juridical marginalization, prostitutes, actors, gladiators, infamous performers, corporal punishment, law and literature

Short description of contents:

The essay deals with the many boundaries set and exceeded by Roman Law when human corporeality is involved. In particular, the focus is on the strict correlation between body expression and socio-juridical marginalization, clearly visible in the case of prostitution in ancient Rome, but also in acting and in fighting in the arenas, activities sharing the same goal as prostitution: they were designed to bring pleasure to the senses. These forms of marginalization differ from the inexorable limit, already decrypted by Roman Law, set by humankindʼs bodily nature to the action of Law: Law is not in the position to “have the last word” on matters concerning human life, on which nature alone can “lay down Law.”

Product ID:

104154

Handle IRIS:

11562/985165

Last Modified:

November 1, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Merotto, Maria Federica, Donʼt Ask Us for Lex. Body Exhibition and Forms of Exclusion «PÓLEMOS» , vol. 12 , n. 2 , 2018 , pp. 313-337

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