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Giusti, Elena (2022) Africa and the making of classical literature : on decolonising Greco-Roman literature syllabi. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 65 (1). pp. 67-78. doi:10.1093/bics/qbac001 ISSN 0076-0730.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bics/qbac001
Abstract
This article presents the author’s development and teaching of a year-long module on Africa in Greco-Roman literature and its receptions, and the challenges of imagining a decolonized pedagogy in Classics, and specifically in the subfield of Greco-Roman literature. It argues that the equivalence of curriculum ‘diversification’ with ‘decolonization’ can be pernicious in its tokenizing effects, and that a committed practice of decolonizing pedagogy cannot be limited to studying Africa in Greco-Roman texts, but should involve serious engagement with postcolonial and critical race theorists, as much as African authors and authors from the African diaspora engaging meaningfully with the Greco-Roman traditions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0076-0730 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 65 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 67-78 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/bics/qbac001 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies following peer review. The version of record Elena Giusti, Africa and the making of Classical literature: on decolonizing Greco-Roman literature syllabi, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 65, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 67–78, https://doi.org/10.1093/bics/qbac001 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/bics/qbac001. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 August 2021 | ||||||||
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