Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Reviving Latin As A Spoken Language Is A Politically Fraught Project

“Latin’s revival, among young teachers on the one hand and nostalgic nationalists on the other, appears to flourish on two opposing ends. But while they may seem to be separate, the two are inexorably and uneasily linked through the history of white men’s appropriation of Latin as a marker of superiority.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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