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- Decolonizing Roman Imperialism
- Decolonizing Roman Imperialism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Discourse on Romanization in the Age of Empires
- Chapter 2 Postcolonial Themes
- Chapter 3 Postcolonial Questions in the Age of Decolonization
- Chapter 4 Towards a Paradigm Shift in the Age of Globalization
- Historical Intervention
- References
- Index
Chapter 2 - Postcolonial Themes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 October 2024
- Decolonizing Roman Imperialism
- Decolonizing Roman Imperialism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Discourse on Romanization in the Age of Empires
- Chapter 2 Postcolonial Themes
- Chapter 3 Postcolonial Questions in the Age of Decolonization
- Chapter 4 Towards a Paradigm Shift in the Age of Globalization
- Historical Intervention
- References
- Index
Summary
Does postcolonial studies present a theoretical framework appropriate to Romanization studies? Does Romanization studies have evidence appropriate for postcolonial theories? Even though postcolonial theories did not stem from ancient Roman imperialism per se, they provide a heuristical tool to destabilize the discourse that has sustained imperial systems through history. They help Roman historians and archaeologists to reach a deeper understanding of the dynamic process of imperial discourses and to deconstruct the imperial discourses built through the complex layers of histories. This chapter does not deliver an exhaustive analysis or a landscape overview of postcolonial studies according to a certain order of significance or thematic categorization as is the common practice in the discipline, for example, along the triad of Said-Bhabha-Spivak or along the axis of theoretical and materialist approaches. Instead, here I explore postcolonial ideas which have influenced and reoriented Romanization studies.
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- Decolonizing Roman ImperialismThe Study of Rome, Romanization, and the Postcolonial Lens, pp. 51 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024