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Author:   Kim Beerden ,  Timo Epping
Publisher:   Sidestone Press
Imprint:   Sidestone Press
ISBN:  

9789464270372

ISBN 10:   9464270373
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   16 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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 Sjoesvard 5. Pop Culture against Modernity: New Right-Wing Movements and the Reception of Sparta Julia Muller 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 chaussee romaine, the Roemerstrasse, the Romeinse kassei, aka the Via Belgica Liesbeth Claes

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""The editors have nevertheless done a valuable job in highlighting some of the more problematic--and indeed controversial--aspects of contemporary classical reception, and the volume certainly offers ample food for thought, as well as providing a useful springboard for future research.""-- ""Journal of Anthropological Research""

"""The editors have nevertheless done a valuable job in highlighting some of the more problematic--and indeed controversial--aspects of contemporary classical reception, and the volume certainly offers ample food for thought, as well as providing a useful springboard for future research.""-- ""Journal of Anthropological Research"""

Author Information

Kim Beerden is a lecturer in Ancient History at Leiden University, The Netherlands. She has published in the field of ancient divination, see her monograph Worlds full of signs: ancient Greek divination in context (Brill, Leiden: 2013; paperback 2021). Timo Epping is a museum educator at the National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden, The Netherlands). He has published several articles in journals for history teachers and museum education.

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