Antiquity Now: The Classical World In The Contemporary American Imagination - 9780521154345

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
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 16, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 261 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0521154340
• | ISBN-13: 9780521154345