Living forever : self-presentation in ancient Egypt / edited by Hussein Bassir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bassir, Hussein, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Self-presentation is the oldest and most common component of ancient Egyptian high culture. It arose in the context of private tomb records, where the character and role of an individual—invariably a well-to-do non-royal elite official or administrator—were presented purposefully: published by inscription and image, to a contemporary audience and to posterity. Living Forever: Self-Presentation in Ancient Egypt looks at how and why non-royal elites in ancient Egypt represented themselves, through language and art, on monuments, tombs, stelae, and statues, and in literary texts, from the Early Dynastic Period to the Thirtieth Dynasty. Bringing together essays by international Egyptologists and archaeologists from a range of backgrounds, the chapters in this volume offer fresh insight into the form, content, and purpose of ancient Egyptian presentations of the self. Applying different approaches and disciplines, they explore how these self-representations, which encapsulated a discourse with gods and men alike, yield rich historical and sociological information, provide examples of ancient rhetorical devices and repertoire, and shed light on notions of the self and collective memory in ancient Egypt.” – Publisher’s description.

Contents:

Egyptian self-presentation dynamics and strategies / Christopher Eyre ; Self-presentation in the early dynasties / Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia ; Self-presentation in the fourth dynasty / Hend Shebiny ; Self-presentation in the late old kingdom / Hana Vymazalova ; Self-presentation in the eleventh dynasty / Renata Landgrafova ; Self-presentation in the twelfth dynasty / Ronald Leprohon ; Self-presentation in the second intermediate period / R. Garth Roberts ; Self-presentation in the eighteenth dynasty / Hana Navratilova ; Self-presentation in the Ramesside Period / Colleen Manassa Darnell ; Self-presentation in the third intermediate period / Roberto B. Gozzoli ; Self-presentation in the twenty-fifth dynasty / Jeremy Pope ; Self-presentation in the late dynastic period / Damien Agut-Labordere ; Women’s self-presentation in Pharaonic Egypt / Mariam Ayad ; Tradition of Egyptian self-presentation / Hussein Bassir.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781617979620

1617979627

9781617979637

1617979635