ISBN:
9780198814122
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 338 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Classical presences
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Classicisms in the Black Atlantic
DDC:
305.8960729
Keywords:
Rezeption
;
Antike
;
Literatur
;
Schwarze
;
Amerika
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift 2014
;
Antike
;
Literatur
;
Rezeption
;
Amerika
;
Schwarze
Abstract:
The historical and cultural space of the Black Atlantic - a diasporic world of forced and voluntary migrations - has long provided fertile ground for the construction and reconstruction of new forms of classicism. From the aftermath of slavery up to the present day, black authors, intellectuals, and artists in the Atlantic world have shaped and reshaped the cultural legacies of classical antiquity in a rich variety of ways in order to represent their identities andexperiences and reflect on modern conceptions of race, nation, and identity. The studies presented in this volume range across the Anglophone, Francophone, and Hispanophone worlds, including literary studies of authors such as Derek Walcott, Marlene NourbeSe Philip, and Junot Diaz, biographical andhistorical studies, and explorations of race and classicism in the visual arts. They offer reflections on the place of classicism in contemporary conflicts and debates over race and racism, and on the intersections between classicism, race, gender, and social status, demonstrating how the legacies of ancient Greece and Rome have been used to buttress racial hierarchies, but also to challenge racism and Eurocentric reconstructions of antiquity
Note:
"This volume of essays has its origins in the 'Classicisms in the Black Atlantic' conference, organized by Ian Moyer and Paul Hébert, and held at the University of Michigan on March 14 and 15, 2014." - (Preface)
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