Burning Issues in Classics
by Rhiannon Evans - Author / Nicole Gammie
This volume addresses various ways that we interact with, refashion and reuse aspects of ancient Greece and Rome. Its studies range from the political engagement of Italian fascists with ancient Rome, to the use of ancient Greece in video games. The chapters each take on a ‘burning issue’ of identity or ownership, that is, how we identify with ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as drawing (often troubling) elements of our identity from them. In addition, they address the question: which of us feel that we own the past? Does Classics belong to everyone, or has it been coopted by an elite few?
Description from Open Textbook Library.
- Publisher
- La Trobe University
- Year
- 2024
- Subjects
- Social Sciences - Cultural & Ethnic Studies
- Licence
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, as Open Textbook Library states it. Non-commercial use only.
- Who can read
- Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects