Antiquity now : the classical world in the contemporary American imagination / Thomas E. Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Thomas E., 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Civilization--Classical influences.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

It's Greek to them : gay and lesbian receptions of the ancient world

Classics and ideology

September 11th on the Western stage

From the borders : contemporary identity, community, and the ancient world

Power, the canon, and the unexpected voice

On fractures and fracturing.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-28718-1

1-316-30800-6

1-316-32138-X

1-316-32806-6

1-316-32472-9

1-316-33140-7

1-316-31802-8

1-139-02263-6