Isbn: 9780199296101 - classics in post-colonial worlds (classical presences) (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Very light shelfwear to book and DJ. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown).; Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects to become first a means of challenging colonialism and then a rich field for creating cultural identities that blend the old and the new. Nobel prize-winners such as Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney have rewritten classical material in their own cultural idioms while public sculpture in southern Africa draws on Greek and Roman motifs to represent histories of African resistance and liberation. These developments are explored in this collection of essays by international scholars, who debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires.; Classical Presences; 420 pages.…

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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects and put to new uses. In this collection of essays, international scholars debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires. Editor(s): Hardwick, Lorna; Gillespie, Carol. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSA; DSBB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 674. . 2007. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…