Classics in post-colonial worlds /

Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects and put to new uses. In this collection of essays, international scholars debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the e...

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Main Authors: Hardwick, Lorna (Author), Gillespie, Carol (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Classical presences.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects and put to new uses. In this collection of essays, international scholars debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires.
Item Description:Papers from a conference, Classics in Post-Colonial Worlds, held at the Open University in Harborne, Birmingham, in May 2004.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 422 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-409) and index.
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