Teixcalaan defines itself in much the same way that Byzantium, Rome, Athens, and all other empires defined themselves: creation of a barbarian other, and the expectation/presumption of deep cultural knowledge – in particular poetry.Īs a result, Teixcalaan is ossified under the weight of its history. This necessarily brings with it the imprint of both Roman and Greek social and political institutions. Teixcalaan bears many Byzantine hallmarks, even as it is deliberately exoticized through Aztec-inspired terminology. To these I would add Arkady Martine’s ongoing Teixcalaan series. There has recently been a proliferation of novels, novellas, and short stories that interrogate how such empires would actually function, challenging and interrogating long-standing and unexamined assumptions about the form(s) such empires take. Date: February 19-22, 2020 Tag(s): novel, Reception of Antiquity Permanent URL: Abstract: Spacefaring empires are a staple trope of science fiction. Org.: Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conf. Title: 41st Annual Conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conf. Author(s): Alex Claman (see profile) Date: 2021 Subject(s): Science fiction Item Type: Conference paper Conf.
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