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African Americans and the classics : antiquity, abolition and activism / Margaret Malamud.
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Malamud, Margaret
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English
Published/Created
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, [2016]
©2016
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xiii, 290 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
E185.86 .M354 2016
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Subject(s)
African Americans
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Social conditions
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African Americans
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Civil rights
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History
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Antislavery movements
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United States
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History
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Civil rights movements
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United States
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History
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Classicism
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United States
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History
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Classical literature
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Influence
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Classical literature
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Appreciation
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United States
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History
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Slavery
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Philosophy
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History
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Human rights
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Philosophy
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History
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United States
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Civilization
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Classical influences
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Series
Library of classical studies ; v. 12.
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Library of classical studies ; 12
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Summary note
"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."--Amazon.com
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-276) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Fighting for classics
Figuring classical resistance
Ancient and modern slavery
Constructing history.
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ISBN
9781784534950 ((hardback))
1784534951 ((hardback))
OCLC
945648339
Other standard number
99976239177
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