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1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Library of classical studies ; 12
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Library of classical studies ; v. 12.
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| Summary |
A new wave of research in black classicism has emerged in the 21st century that explores the role played by the classics in the larger cultural traditions of black America, Africa and the Caribbean. Addressing a gap in this scholarship, Margaret Malamud investigates why and how advocates for abolition and black civil rights (both black and white) deployed their knowledge of classical literature and history in their struggle for black liberty and equality in the United States. African Americans boldly staked their own claims to the classical world: they deployed texts, ideas and images of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt in order to establish their authority in debates about slavery, race, politics and education. A central argument of this book is that knowledge and deployment of Classics was a powerful weapon and tool for resistance--as improbable as that might seem now--when wielded by black and white activists committed to the abolition of slavery and the end of the social and economic oppression of free blacks. The book significantly expands our understanding of both black history and classical reception in the United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Fighting for classics -- Figuring classical resistance -- Ancient and modern slavery -- Constructing history |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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History. |
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History.
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Antislavery movements. |
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United States. |
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
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Civil rights movements. |
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United States -- Civilization -- Classical influences.
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Civilization. |
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Classicism -- United States -- History.
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Classicism. |
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Classical literature -- Influence.
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Classical literature -- Influence. |
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Classical literature. |
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Classical literature -- Appreciation -- United States -- History.
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Classical literature -- Appreciation. |
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Slavery -- Philosophy -- History.
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Slavery -- Philosophy. |
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Slavery. |
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Human rights -- Philosophy -- History.
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Human rights -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Malamud, Margaret. African Americans and the classics. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016 9781784534950 (OCoLC)945648339 |
| ISBN |
9781786720283 (electronic book) |
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1786720280 (electronic book) |
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9781786730282 (pdf) |
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1786730286 (pdf) |
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9781784534950 (hardback) |
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1784534951 (hardback) |
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