Research Catalog

Title

À la recherche des Phéniciens / Josephine Crawley Quinn ; préface de Corinne Bonnet ; traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Philippe Pignarre.

Author

Quinn, Josephine Crawley

Publication

• Paris : La Découverte, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bonnet, Corinne
• Pignarre, Philippe

Description

vi, 397 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Uniform Title

In search of the Phoenicians. French

Alternative Title

In search of the Phoenicians.

Subject

• Phoenicians > History
• Phoenician antiquities

Note

• Translation of: In search of the Phoenicians.
• "Ce livre a été initialement publié sous le titre In search of the Phoenicians par Princeton University Press en 2018."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-381) and index.

Call Number

ReCAP 20-721

ISBN

• 9782348042027
• 2348042029

OCLC

1120077187

Author

Quinn, Josephine Crawley, author.

Title

À la recherche des Phéniciens / Josephine Crawley Quinn ; préface de Corinne Bonnet ; traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Philippe Pignarre.

Publisher

Paris : La Découverte, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-381) and index.

Added Author

Bonnet, Corinne, writer of preface.

Pignarre, Philippe, translator.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 20-721