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This interdisciplinary edited volume explores the notion of queenship as it has manifest from antiquity to the present, in contexts ranging from political acts to art production. Featuring the work of scholars, educators, curators and artists, this book gathers temporally and geographically distinct ideas about queenship into a single discursive space. Invigorating the conversation around powerful historical women and their legacies, the contributors discuss queenship' as a concept with contemporary urgencyfrom North America to Africa, and Europe to Asiaforegrounding critical methodologies and creative interventions that address the gaps within archives and current cultural and socio-political representation.

Although traditional narratives present queens of the ancient Mediterranean world primarily as the wives, daughters and mothers of kings, such as Semiramis and Cleopatra, the ways in which royal women wielded powerwhether directly or indirectlywere actuall

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/19/2024
      ISBN13: 9781350380882, 978-1350380882
      ISBN10: 1350380881
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This interdisciplinary edited volume explores the notion of queenship as it has manifest from antiquity to the present, in contexts ranging from political acts to art production. Featuring the work of scholars, educators, curators and artists, this book gathers temporally and geographically distinct ideas about queenship into a single discursive space. Invigorating the conversation around powerful historical women and their legacies, the contributors discuss queenship' as a concept with contemporary urgencyfrom North America to Africa, and Europe to Asiaforegrounding critical methodologies and creative interventions that address the gaps within archives and current cultural and socio-political representation.

      Although traditional narratives present queens of the ancient Mediterranean world primarily as the wives, daughters and mothers of kings, such as Semiramis and Cleopatra, the ways in which royal women wielded powerwhether directly or indirectlywere actuall

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