Derbew Sarah F. (Harvard University Massachusetts)
Derbew Sarah F. (Harvard University Massachusetts) - Untangling Blackness In Greek Antiquity - Hardcover
Derbew Sarah F. (Harvard University Massachusetts) - Untangling Blackness In Greek Antiquity - Hardcover
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Description: How should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty - first century be properly read and interpreted? This important and timely new book is the first concerted treatment of black skin color in the Greek literature and visual culture of antiquity. In charting representations in the Hellenic world of black Egyptians Aithiopians Indians and Greeks Sarah Derbew dexterously disentangles the complex and varied ways in which blackness has been co - produced by ancient authors and artists; their readers audiences and viewers; and contemporary scholars. Exploring the precarious hold that race has on skin coloration the author uncovers the many silences suppressions and misappropriations of blackness within modern studies of Greek antiquity. Shaped by performance studies and critical race theory alike her book maps out an authoritative archaeology of blackness that reappraises its significance. It offers a committedly anti - racist approach to depictions of black people while rejecting simplistic conflations or explanations.
Title: Untangling Blackness In Greek Antiquity
Author(s): Derbew Sarah F. (Harvard University Massachusetts)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108495288
Pages: 270 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 7/28/2022
Category: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
Description: How should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty - first century be properly read and interpreted? This important and timely new book is the first concerted treatment of black skin color in the Greek literature and visual culture of antiquity. In charting representations in the Hellenic world of black Egyptians Aithiopians Indians and Greeks Sarah Derbew dexterously disentangles the complex and varied ways in which blackness has been co - produced by ancient authors and artists; their readers audiences and viewers; and contemporary scholars. Exploring the precarious hold that race has on skin coloration the author uncovers the many silences suppressions and misappropriations of blackness within modern studies of Greek antiquity. Shaped by performance studies and critical race theory alike her book maps out an authoritative archaeology of blackness that reappraises its significance. It offers a committedly anti - racist approach to depictions of black people while rejecting simplistic conflations or explanations.
Title: Untangling Blackness In Greek Antiquity
Author(s): Derbew Sarah F. (Harvard University Massachusetts)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108495288
Pages: 270 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 7/28/2022
Category: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
