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- ISBN: 9780199296101 | 0199296103
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/24/2007
Classics in Post-Colonial Worlds examines the continuing impact of Greek and Roman drama, literature, and art on the cultures of societies that have emerged from colonial domination. It is well known that classical literature, ideas, and architecture was used to express colonial authority and in some cases dominated the education of the elite among both colonized and colonizers. But classical themes and motifs were also appropriated to challenge colonialism and after independence have continued to be an important and sometimes problematic aspect of the development of cultural identities and politics in post-colonial societies.