| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Series |
Classical presences |
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Classical presences.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Ian Moyer, Adam Lecznar, and Heidi Morse -- Middle passages : mediating classics and radical philology in Marlene Mourbese Philip and Derek Wolcott / Emily Greenwood -- "Nero, the mustard!" : The ironies of classical slave names in the British Caribbean / Margaret Williamson -- Athens and Sparta of the New World : the classical passions of Santo Domingo / Dan-el Padilla Peralta -- In search of Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley, Black classicist, clergyman, and physician / Michele Valerie Ronnick -- Roman studios : the Black woman artist in the Eternal City, from Edmonia Lewis to Carrie Mae Weems / Heidi Morse -- Africana Andromeda : contemporary painting and the classical Black figure / Kimathi Donkor -- The tragedy of Aimé Césaire / Adam Lecznar -- Bernardine Evaristo's The emperor's babe : an account of Roman London from the Black British perspective / Tracey L. Walters -- Myth and the fantastic in the work of Junot Díaz / Justine McConnell -- Classics for all? : Liberal education and the matter of Black lives / Patrice D. Rankine |
| Summary |
'Classicisms in the Black Atlantic' explores how black authors and artists in the Atlantic world have shaped and reshaped the cultural legacies of classical antiquity from the aftermath of slavery up to the present day to represent black voices and experiences, often revealing in the process effaced black presences in classical antiquity |
| Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2020 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 18, 2020) |
| Subject |
Classical philology.
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Black people -- Caribbean Area -- Intellectual life
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Caribbean literature -- Black authors -- Classical influences
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Art, Caribbean.
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Philology, Classical
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Art, Caribbean
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Black people -- Intellectual life
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Civilization -- Classical influences
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Classical philology
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| SUBJECT |
Caribbean Area -- Civilization -- Classical influences
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| Subject |
Caribbean Area
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moyer, Ian S., 1971- editor.
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Lecznar, Adam, editor.
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Morse, Heidi, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191851780 |
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0191851787 |
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9780192543868 |
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0192543865 |
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9780192543875 |
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0192543873 |
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