Antiquity Now (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521196260)

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.

Author: Thomas E. Jenkins
ISBN-10: 0521196264
ISBN-13: 9780521196260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/24/2015
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2016