{"product_id":"orientalism-and-the-reception-of-powerful-women-from-the-ancient-world-paperback","title":"Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFilippo Carlà-Uhink\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnja Wieber\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMartin Lindner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is Cleopatra, a descendent of Alexander the Great, a Ptolemy from a Greek-Macedonian family, in popular imagination an Oriental woman? True, she assumed some aspects of pharaonic imagery in order to rule Egypt, but her Orientalism mostly derives from ancient (Roman) and modern stereotypes: both the Orient and the idea of a woman in power are signs, in the Western tradition, of 'otherness' - and in this sense they can easily overlap and interchange. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume investigates how ancient women, and particularly powerful women, such as queens and empresses, have been re-imagined in Western (and not only Western) arts; highlights how this re-imagination and re-visualization is, more often than not, the product of Orientalist stereotypes - even when dealing with women who had nothing to do with Eastern regions; and compares these images with examples of Eastern gaze on the same women. Through the chapters in this volume, readers will discover the similarities and differences in the ways in which women in power were and still are described and decried by their opponents\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilippo Carlà-Uhink\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Potsdam, Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnja Wieber\u003c\/b\u003e taught for many years as lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Bochum, Germany, and is now an independent scholar, Germany.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51788807700768,"sku":"9781350193697","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c8dcc2351e68743cdf4ac2b83fd403b5.webp?v=1780660647","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/orientalism-and-the-reception-of-powerful-women-from-the-ancient-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}