Classics in Post-colonial Worlds

Zusatztext an important indication of the newly prominent place of reception studies in the field of classics and also an interesting barometer of the current state of such studies. Klappentext Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects and put to new uses. In this collection of essays, international scholars debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires. Zusammenfassung Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects and put to new uses. In this collection of essays, international scholars debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires.

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• Authors: Carol Gillespie, Lorna Hardwick, Lorna/ Gillespie Hardwick
• Assisted by: Carol Gillespie (Editor), Carol (Project Officer of the Reception of Classical Texts and Images Research Project at The Open University) Gillespie (Editor), Lorna Hardwick (Editor), Lorna (Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Reception of Classical Texts and Images Research Project at The Open University) Hardwick (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 25.09.2010, delayed
• EAN: 9780199591329
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959132-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Classical Presences; Classical Presences
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity