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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

Queens in Antiquity and the Present

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

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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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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