Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9781108495288 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Massachusetts) Derbew Sarah F. (Harvard University

Opis

A bold and brilliant new treatment of blackness in ancient Greek literature and visual culture as well as modern reception.

Recenzje

… ambitious and groundbreaking … Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity is proof that the future of classics is already here. It's simply waiting for everyone else to catch up.' Najee Olya, Los Angeles Review of Books

Spis treści

Introduction: The metatheater of blackness; 1. Masks of blackness: Reading the iconography of black people in ancient Greece; 2. Masks of difference in Aeschylus's suppliants; 3. Beyond blackness: Reorienting Greek geography; 4. From Greek scythians to black Greeks: Spectrum of foreignness in Lucian's satires; 5. Black disguises in an aithiopian novel; Conclusion: (re)placing blackness; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Recommended translations of primary Greek texts; Index.