Receptions of the Classics in the African Diaspora of the Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds : Atlantis Otherwise.

By:

Rizo, Elisa

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Black Diasporic Worlds: Origins and Evolutions from New World Slaving SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (131 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781498530217

Subject(s):

Latin American literature - Classical influences

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Receptions of the Classics in the African Diaspora of the Hispanophone and Lusophone WorldsDDC classification:

880.098

LOC classification:

PA3013.R36 2016

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Atlantis Otherwise -- Chapter One. From Cultural Appropriation to Historical Emendation: Two Case Studies of Receptions of the Classical Tradition in Brazil -- Chapter Two. Black Angel: Classical Myth, Race, and Desire in a Brazilian Modernist Play -- Chapter Three. Decolonizing Greek Theatre: Black Experimental Theatre -- Chapter Four. Changó el Gran Putas: A Drama of Memory -- Chapter Five. Resurrection of the Dead: Manuel Zapata Olivella's Caronte Liberado -- Chapter Six. Glocalizing Democracy through a Reception of the Classics in Equatorial Guinean Theatre: The Case of Morgades's Antígona -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Summary: This collection responds to the call within the discipline of classical receptions to foster dialogue across cultures and geographies to show the results of the colonially framed traditional approach to classical studies. It also responds to an important development in Hispanic and Lusophone studies: a turn to relational approaches such as transatlantic, transnational, and global analyses.

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This collection responds to the call within the discipline of classical receptions to foster dialogue across cultures and geographies to show the results of the colonially framed traditional approach to classical studies. It also responds to an important development in Hispanic and Lusophone studies: a turn to relational approaches such as transatlantic, transnational, and global analyses.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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