Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media

AvGregory N. Daugherty,Filippo Carlà-Uhink

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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This study examines the reception of Cleopatra from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day as it has been reflected in popular culture in the United States of America. Daugherty provides a broad overview of the influence of the Egyptian queen by looking at her presence in film, novels, comics, cartoons, TV shows, music, advertising and toys. The aim of the book is to show the different ways in which the figure of Cleopatra was able to reach a large and non-elite audience.Furthermore, Daugherty makes a study of the reception of Cleopatra during her own lifetime. He begins by looking at her portrayal in the vicious propaganda campaign waged by Octavian against his rival Marc Antony. The consequence was that Cleopatra was left with a tarnished reputation after the civil war. Daugherty’s examination of both the historical and contemporary reception of Cleopatra shows the enduring legacy of one of history’s most remarkable queens.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-03
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:528 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350340725

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

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Gregory N. Daugherty is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Randolph-Macon College, USA. He has twice received the Thomas Branch Award for Excellence in Teaching and was the winner of the APA Teaching Excellence Award in 2003 and the CAV Lurlene Todd Teacher of the Year in 2005. He served as President of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (1995-1996), CAMWS (2007-8) and the Classical Association of Virginia (2006-8).

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This book is a broad and well-researched introduction to the evergreen subject of Cleopatra's portrayal in the pop culture of the United States. Students and scholars of media studies and Classics will find this work especially useful.

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1. ‘A Lass Unparalleled’2. The Femme Fatale3. A Kinder, Gentler Cleopatra4. Cleopatra Modernized5. Lizpatra and its aftermath6. Eighties Ladies7. The Fantasy Queen of the 90s8. The 21st Century ‘Authentic’ Cleopatras9. The 21st Century Fantasy Cleopatras10. ‘Her Infinite Variety’Appendix: Chronology of CleopatraNotesBibliographyIndex