{"product_id":"untangling-blackness-in-greek-antiquity-paperback-softback-9781108817912","title":"Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108817912","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUntangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA bold and brilliant new treatment of blackness in ancient Greek literature and visual culture as well as modern reception.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah F. Derbew (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108817912, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is the first book-length study on Black people in the Greco-Roman world since Frank Snowden's works, which makes it a critical addition to the growing discourse on those racial dynamics.' Talawa Adodo, International Journal of the Classical Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: The metatheater of blackness\u003cbr\u003e 1. Masks of blackness: Reading the iconography of black people in ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003e 2. Masks of difference in Aeschylus's suppliants\u003cbr\u003e 3. Beyond blackness: Reorienting Greek geography\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Greek scythians to black Greeks: Spectrum of foreignness in Lucian's satires\u003cbr\u003e 5. Black disguises in an aithiopian novel\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: (re)placing blackness\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Recommended translations of primary Greek texts\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History: earliest times to present day [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History: earliest times to present day\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History:%20earliest%20times%20to%20present%20day%20%5BHBL%5D%22\"\u003eHBL\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], History of architecture [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20architecture%20%5BAMX%5D%22\"\u003eAMX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460632146200,"sku":"9781108817912","price":19.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108817912i.jpg?v=1785456298","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/untangling-blackness-in-greek-antiquity-paperback-softback-9781108817912","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}