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Auteur(s) : Quinn, Josephine Crawley
Titre(s) : In search of the Phoenicians [Texte imprimé] / Josephine Crawley Quinn
Publication : Princeton (N. J.) : Princeton University Press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxvii-335 pages) : illustrations, cartes. ; 25 cm
Collection : Miriam S. Balmuth lectures in ancient history and archaeology
Lien à la collection : Miriam S. Balmuth lectures in ancient history and archaeology
Note(s) : Bibliogr. pages 209-317. Index
Who were the ancient Phoenicians, and did they actually exist? The Phoenicians traveled
the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements,
and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has
long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that
the "Phoenicians" never actually existed. Taking readers from the ancient world to
today, this monumental book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent
people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist
ideologies--and a notion very much at odds with the ancient sources. Josephine Quinn
shows how the belief in this historical mirage has blinded us to the compelling identities
and communities these people really constructed for themselves in the ancient Mediterranean,
based not on ethnicity or nationhood but on cities, family, colonial ties, and religious
practices. She traces how the idea of "being Phoenician" first emerged in support
of the imperial ambitions of Carthage and then Rome, and only crystallized as a component
of modern national identities in contexts as far-flung as Ireland and Lebanon. In
Search of the Phoenicians delves into the ancient literary, epigraphic, numismatic,
and artistic evidence for the construction of identities by and for the Phoenicians,
ranging from the Levant to the Atlantic, and from the Bronze Age to late antiquity
and beyond
Sujet(s) : Phéniciens -- Histoire
Antiquités phéniciennes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691175270 (rel). - ISBN 0691175276
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb454400220
Notice n° :
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