Receptions of the Roman Emperor Elagabalus as a Queer Figure
dc.contributor.author | Lucy, Ennis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-17T02:50:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-17T02:50:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.description.abstract | This project examines a selection of 20th and 21st century fictional representations of the Roman emperor Elagabalus, aiming to discuss and unpack the ways in which they interpret the ancient sources' claims about his gender expression, sexuality, and Syrian upbringing. The pieces are also considered in the contexts of the political environments under which they were written, and the identities of the authors. The findings were that despite the ancient sources' likely intentions of exaggerating these queer aspects in order to slander Elagabalus in the historical record, the modern pieces sought to empathize with Elagabalus, often through the authors' own identification with him as a social other. As well, similarities were found between the pieces that were not present in the ancient sources, suggesting something akin to a modern tradition in the inspiration they took from each other. | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | |
dc.description.scholarlevel | Undergraduate | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/16174 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Victoria | |
dc.subject | Elagabalus | |
dc.subject | Rome | |
dc.subject | emperor | |
dc.subject | reception | |
dc.subject | queer studies | |
dc.title | Receptions of the Roman Emperor Elagabalus as a Queer Figure | |
dc.type | Poster |