Juvenal's Global Awareness: Circulation, Connectivity, and Empire

ISBN-13: 9780367594848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 190 str.

Osman Umurhan

Opis

In Juvenal’s Global Awareness Osman Umurhan applies theories of globalization to an investigation of Juvenal’s articulation and understanding of empire, imperialism and identity. Umurhan explains how the increased interconnectivity between different localities, ethnic and political, shapes Juvenal’s view of Rome as in constant flux and mo

Recenzje

"Umurhan delivers a new and entirely welcome reading of the Satires. He succeeds admirably in walking a fine line: making a coherent argument for heterogeneity is no mean feat. Above all, the command of theory on display sets Umurhan apart; he is able to trace the historiography of different theoretical concepts with rare clarity. He offers a model for the considered and productive application of postcolonial concepts from which all those interested in Roman Imperial literature could benefit." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Chapter 1 – Introduction: Geography, Empire and Globalization

Chapter 2 – Culture and Globalization: Satires 1, 3, 6-7 and 9

Chapter 3 – Food and Globalization: Satires 4, 5 and 11

Chapter 4 – Globalization and the Periphery: Satire 15

Chapter 5 – Globalization and the Army’s Circulation of Empire: Satire 16

Chapter 6 – Epilogue: The Rhizome Satirist

Index

O autorze

Osman Umurhan is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico, USA.