Negroid Hermaphrodite to Seated Man: An In-Depth Analysis of Modern and Ancient Ideas of Race and Ethnicity in the Cleveland Museum of Art

Authors

Emily Walker, The College of WoosterFollow

Abstract

The purpose of my research is to analyze, through 3 artifacts, ancient ideas of race and ethnicity in their original historical and cultural context. As well as looking at their place in the current Cleveland Museum of Art’s ancient Greek exhibit, and how the exhibit is using modern ideas of race and ethnicity to interpret these artifacts. Throughout my thesis, I attempt to provide context to the artifacts through close analysis of them while also comparing them to similar artifacts, analyze the Cleveland Museum of Art as a secular temple, understand how each artifact and their display is affected by the museum effect, as well as how written sources display the use of racial identity instead of ethnic identity through the use of content analysis.

Advisor

Frese, Pamela

Second Advisor

Shaya, Josephine

Department

Classical Studies; Sociology and Anthropology

Recommended Citation

Walker, Emily, "Negroid Hermaphrodite to Seated Man: An In-Depth Analysis of Modern and Ancient Ideas of Race and Ethnicity in the Cleveland Museum of Art" (2017). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 7614.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7614

Disciplines

Museum Studies

Publication Date

2017

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis