Classical Controversies: Reception of Graeco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century

Classical controversies : reception of Graeco-Roman antiquity in the twenty-first centuryAuthors:Kim Beerden (Editor), Timo Epping (Editor)233 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContents: Part I: Introduction ; Preface / Kim Beerden ; 1. Introduction: Stop the Steal! / Frederick G. Naerebout ; Part II: Controversies and Literary Traditions. 2. Whose persecution? Early Christianity as a Metaphor in Contemporary American Political Discourse / K.P.S. (Renske) Janssen ; 3. Spartans on the Capitol: Recent Far-Right Appropriations of Spartan Militarism in the USA and their Historical Roots / Stephen Hodkinson ; 4. Leonidas Goes North: Swedish Appropriations of Sparta and the Battle of Thermopylae and their Wider European Context / Johannes Siapkas and Thomas Sjösvärd ; 5. Pop Culture against Modernity: New Right-Wing Movements and the Reception of Sparta / Julia Müller ; 6. Fato Profugus. Aeneas the Refugee: an Italian Debate / Marco Gay ; 7. The Classicist as a Literary Character in Contemporary Literature: the Depiction of a Discipline / Barbara Holler ; Part III: Controversies and Heritage Ethics. 8. Ancient Death and the Contemporary World: the Role of Graeco-Roman Death in Museum Display / Patricia Kret ; 9. Queering the National Museum of Antiquities /Suus van den Berg ; 10. Dummie de Mummie: an Egyptian Body as the Undead, Oriental Other / Daniel Soliman ;11. Who Owns the Road to the Roman Past? The Case of the Via Vipsania aka the chaussée romaine, the Römerstrasse, the Romeinse kassei, aka the Via Belgica / Liesbeth Claes