Classicisms in the Black Atlantic by Ian Moyer, Adam Lecznar, Heidi Morse (Editors)Call Number: PA19 .C58
Publication Date: 2020
The historical and cultural space of the Black Atlantic has long provided fertile ground for the construction and reconstruction of new forms of classicism. From the aftermath of slavery up to the present day, black authors, intellectuals, and artists in the Atlantic world have shaped and reshaped the cultural legacies of classical antiquity in a rich variety of ways to represent their identities and experiences and reflect on modern conceptions of race, nation, and identity. The studies in this volume range across the Anglophone, Francophone, and Hispanophone worlds, and include explorations of race and classicism in the visual arts. They offer reflections on the place of classicism in contemporary conflicts and debates over race and racism, and on the intersections between classicism, race, gender, and social status, demonstrating how the legacies of ancient Greece and Rome have been used to buttress racial hierarchies, but also to challenge racism and Eurocentric reconstructions of antiquity.