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Antiquity Now - The Classical World in the Contemporary American Imagination (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,719
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Antiquity Now - The Classical World in the Contemporary American Imagination (Hardcover): Thomas E. Jenkins

Antiquity Now - The Classical World in the Contemporary American Imagination (Hardcover)

Thomas E. Jenkins

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Written in a lively and accessible style, Antiquity Now opens our gaze to the myriad uses and abuses of classical antiquity in contemporary fiction, film, comics, drama, television - and even internet forums. With every chapter focusing on a different aspect of classical reception - including sexuality, politics, gender and ethnicity - this book explores the ideological motivations behind contemporary American allusions to the classical world. Ultimately, this kaleidoscope of receptions - from calls for marriage equality to examinations of gang violence to passionate pleas for peace (or war) - reveals a 'classical antiquity' that reconfigures itself daily, as modernity explains itself to itself through ever-expanding technologies and media. Antiquity Now thus examines the often-surprising redeployment of the art and literature of the ancient world, a geography charged with especial value in the contemporary imagination.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2015
Authors: Thomas E. Jenkins
Dimensions: 254 x 181 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-19626-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
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LSN: 0-521-19626-4
Barcode: 9780521196260

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