ISBN:
9781399512077
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (352 p.)
Series Statement:
Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity
Series Statement:
ICA
DDC:
305.40937
Keywords:
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Deploys recent philosophical scholarship on feminist epistemology as an interpretive lensDevelops recent feminist epistemological views as a literary-critical theory for the interpretation of classical sourcesExplores how identities intersect with constructions of epistemic concepts (e.g., knowledge, belief, rationality, objectivity, testimony, evidence) in Greco-Roman antiquityContributes to reinterpreting and recovering underrepresented voices and ideas in classical sources and their interpretationThis volume deploys recent feminist epistemological frameworks to analyze how concepts like knowledge, authority, rationality, objectivity and testimony were constructed in Greece and Rome. The introduction serves as a field guide to feminist epistemological interpretations of classical sources, and the following sixteen chapters treat a variety of genres and time periods, from Greek poetry, tragedy, philosophy, oratory, historiography and material culture to Roman comedy, epic, oratory, letters, law and their reception. By using an intersectional approach to demonstrate how epistemic systems exclude and pathologize the experiences of ancient women and other oppressed groups, these contributions aid in the recovery of non-dominant narratives and reveal issues of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, religion, age, class, familial status and citizenship in the ancient and modern world. The volume contributes to a more inclusive and equitable study of classical antiquity and builds transhistorical connections capable of exposing similar injustices in our own time
Note:
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781399512077
URL:
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