Malkin shows how the figure of Odysseus became a proto-colonial hero whose influence transcended the Greek-speaking world. The return-myths constituted a generative mythology, giving rise to oral poems, stories, iconographic imagery, rituals, historiographical interpretation, and the articulation of ethnic identities. Reassessing the role of Homer and alternative return-myths, the book argues for the active historical function of myth and collective representations and traces their changing roles through a spectrum of colonial perceptions-from the proto-colonial, through justifications of expansion and annexation, and up to decolonization.
Colonization and Ethnicity
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Malkin shows how the figure of Odysseus became a proto-colonial hero whose influence transcended the Greek-speaking world. The return-myths constituted a generative mythology, giving rise to oral poems, stories, iconographic imagery, rituals, historiographical interpretation, and the articulation of ethnic identities. Reassessing the role of Homer and alternative return-myths, the book argues for the active historical function of myth and collective representations and traces their changing roles through a spectrum of colonial perceptions-from the proto-colonial, through justifications of expansion and annexation, and up to decolonization.
- ISBN:
- 9780520211858
- 9780520211858
- Category:
- History
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 30-11-1998
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 370
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x36mm
- Weight:
- 0.73kg
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