Author: ORCID

Abstract: »The present investigation will travel through the interpretations that have been given to the ancient Roman story of the rape of Lucretia, to show that this crime and the suicide of the matron generated indignation and a combative spirit among the followers of Brutus for being an offense to the Roman patriarchate: one man’s abuse of another man’s property. To do this, this work will first analyze the readings of this story by classical authors such as Titus Livius, based on the study of fundamental concepts of Roman thought. Subsequently, it will investigate the different feminist assessments made by gender studies researchers and writers such as Rosalía Rodríguez López, Mithu M. Sanyal and Rita Segato, to link the arguments that legitimized rape in Roman antiquity with those who excuse it to this day.« (Source: Acápite)

Contents:

	Resumen (p. 165)
	Abstract (p. 166)
	1. Introducción (p. 166)
	2. La violación de Lucrecia (p. 167)
	3. El silencio de Lucrecia (p. 169)
	4. Lucrecia como exemplum (p. 174)
	5. La culpabilidad de la víctima (p. 176)
	6. Mujer de malas costumbres (p. 180)
	7. Conclusiones (p. 182)
	Obras citadas (p. 184)

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