Antiquity Now: The Classical World in the Contemporary American Imagination by Thomas E Jenkins
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Overview: 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.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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