Antiquity Now: The Classical World in the Contemporary American ImaginationWritten 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. |
Contents
Classics and ideology 95 | 95 |
September 11th on the Western stage 129 | 129 |
Power the canon and the unexpected voice 184 | 184 |
On fractures and fracturing 221 | 221 |
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Antiquity Now: The Classical World in the Contemporary American Imagination Thomas E. Jenkins No preview available - 2017 |
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