Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World (Paperback)

Why is Cleopatra, a descendent of Alexander the Great, a Ptolemy from a Greek-Macedonian family, in popular imagination an Oriental woman? True, she assumed some aspects of pharaonic imagery in order to rule Egypt, but her Orientalism mostly derives from ancient (Roman) and modern stereotypes: both the Orient and the idea of a woman in power are signs, in the Western tradition, of 'otherness' - and in this sense they can easily overlap and interchange. This volume investigates how ancient women, and particularly powerful women, such as queens and empresses, have been re-imagined in Western (and not only Western) arts; highlights how this re-imagination and re-visualization is, more often than not, the product of Orientalist stereotypes - even when dealing with women who had nothing to do with Eastern regions; and compares these images with examples of Eastern gaze on the same women. Through the chapters in this volume, readers will discover the similarities and differences in the ways in which women in power were and still are described and decried by their opponents.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
Release date:	August 2021
Editors:	Filippo Carla-Uhink • Anja Wieber
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-19369-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-350-19369-0
Barcode:	9781350193697

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