Description
This book explores how since colonial times South Africa has created its own vernacular classicism, both in creative media and everyday life.
About the Author
Grant Parker teaches Classics and African Studies at Stanford University, California. His research focuses on Roman imperial culture, classical reception, collective memory, and the history of collecting.
Reviews
'Grant Parker's edited volume, South Africa, Greece, Rome: Classical Confrontations, is the most substantial work to date on the interaction of the ancient world of Classical antiquity with the southern tip of the African continent. While not exhaustive, the work is the most comprehensive and varied so far, offering, in Parker's words, a 'collage' (491-495) of different images, voices, and vying perspectives on engagement with the Classics that are all as contradictory and confrontational as the country of South Africa often is.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781107100817
Author Grant Parker
Format Hardback
Page Count 566
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1310g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 180mm * 30mm