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

Publication Info. Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 272 pages): illustrations, map
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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 Sherbiny -- Self-presentation in the late Old Kingdom / Hanna Vymazalová -- Self-presentation in the Eleventh Dynasty / Renata Landgráfová -- Self presentation in the Twelfth Dynasty / Ronald Leprohon -- Self-presentation in the Second Intermediate Period / R. Gareth Roborts -- 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-Labordère -- Women's self-presentation in Pharaonic Egypt /Mariam Ayad -- Traditions of Egyptian self-presentation / Hussein Bassir.
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."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Egypt -- Antiquities.
Egypt.
Antiquities.
Self-presentation -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
Self-presentation.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Self-presentation in literature.
Self-presentation in literature.
Self-presentation in art.
Self-presentation in art.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Bassir, Hussein, editor.
Other Form: Print version: 9774169018 9789774169014 (OCoLC)1087131084
ISBN 9781617979620 (electronic book)
1617979627 (electronic book)
1617979635 electronic book
9781617979637 electronic book
9774169018
9789774169014