Making memories in ancient Egypt / Leire Olabarria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olabarria, Leire, 1984- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient Egypt in context, 2516-4813.

Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient Egypt in context, 2516-4813

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--Egypt--History.

Collective memory.

Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Memory is a fascinating way to approach modern and ancient cultures, as it raises questions about what, why, and how individuals and groups remember. Egyptology has had a major impact on the development of memory studies, with Jan Assmann's notion of cultural memory becoming a widespread model within the humanities. Despite this outstanding contribution of Egyptology to memory studies, remarkably few recent works on ancient Egypt deal with memory from a theoretical and methodological point of view. This Element provides a general introduction to memory, followed by a discussion of the role of materiality and performativity in the process of remembering. A case study from Middle Kingdom Abydos illustrates how memory can be embodied in the monumental record of ancient Egypt. The purpose of this Element is to present an up-to-date introduction to memory studies in Egyptology and to invite the reader to rethink how and why memory matters.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Making Memories in Ancient Egypt

Contents

1 Making Memories in Ancient Egypt

2 Memory and Memory Studies

2.1 The Impossible Task of Defining Memory

2.2 From Cultural to Social Memory

2.3 The Mnemonic Turn in Ancient Societies

2.4 A Material Approach to Social Memory

3 The Materiality of Remembering: Monuments, Places, and Technologies of Remembrance

3.1 Material Things: Monumentality and Memory

3.2 Places of Memory: Anchoring Remembrance

3.3 Engagements: Embodied Remembrance and Performativity

3.4 Remembering through Materiality

4 Middle Kingdom Abydos as a Place of Memory

4.1 Abydos as a Site of Memory

4.2 The Terrace of the Great God

4.3 Materialising Memory: The Chapel of Nefernay as Case Study

4.4 Tracing Memory at Abydos

5 Making Memories about Ancient Egypt

References

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Mar 2025).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-41900-5

1-009-41903-X

1-009-41901-3

OCLC:

1488728564