Childhood in ancient Egypt / Amandine Marshall, translated by Colin Clement.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Amandine, 1980- author.

Contributor:

Clement, Colin, translator.

Standardized Title:

Être un enfant en Égypte ancienne. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Children--Egypt--Social conditions.

Children.

Children--Egypt--Social life and customs.

Children--Egypt--History.

Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2022]

Summary:

""There could be no society, no family, and no social recognition without children. The way in which children were perceived, integrated, and raised within the family and the community established the very foundations of Egyptian society. Childhood in Ancient Egypt is the most comprehensive attempt yet published to reconstruct the everyday life of children from the Predynastic period to the end of the New Kingdom. Drawing on a vast wealth of textual, iconographic, and archaeological sources stretching over a period of 3,500 years, Amandine Marshall pieces together the portrait of a society in which children were ever-present in a multiplicity of situations. The ancient sources are primarily the expressions of male adults, who were little inclined to take an interest in the condition of the child, and the feelings of young Egyptians and all that touches on their emotional state can never be deduced from the sources. Nevertheless, by cross-referencing and comparing thousands of documents, Marshall has been able to explore how ancient Egyptians perceived children and childhood, and whether children had a particular status in the eyes of the law, society, and the Egyptian state. She examines the maintenance of the child and the care expended on its being, and discusses the kinds of clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles children wore, the activities that punctuated their daily lives, the kinds of games and toys they enjoyed, and what means were employed to protect them from illness, evil spirits, or ghosts. Accessibly written and copiously illustrated with 160 drawings and photographs, this book sheds unprecedented light upon the experience of childhood in ancient Egypt and represents a major contribution to the growing field of ancient-world childhood studies.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The image of the child and the perception of childhood

Raising and caring for the child

Growing up in ancient Egypt

Protecting the child.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Marshall, Amandine Childhood in Ancient Egypt

ISBN:

9781649032430

1649032439

9781649032447

1649032447