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Jenkins, Thomas E. Antiquity Now: The classical world in the contemporary american imagination. Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2015. Added by: joachim (01/12/2020, 19:55) Last edited by: joachim (27/07/2026, 19:47) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English Published ID no. (ISBN etc.): 9780521196260 BibTeX citation key: Jenkins2015 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Age of Bronze", Classical antiquity, Shanower. Eric, USA Creators: Jenkins Publisher: Cambridge Univ. Press (Cambridge [etc.]) |
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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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