Jean Li

Women, Gender and Identity in Third Intermediate Period Egypt

The Theban Case Study

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume clarifies the role of women in Egyptian society during the first millennium BCE, allowing for more nuanced discussions of women in the Third Intermediate Period. Unlike past studies which have relied heavily on literary evidence, Li presents a refreshing material culture-based analysis of identity construction in elite female burial

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780367876371
• ISBN-10: 036787637X
• Artikelnr.: 58440826

Autorenporträt

Jean Li is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Ryerson University, Canada. Her research focuses on Egyptian art and archaeology in the first millennium BCE, and she is especially interested in using recent anthropological and archaeological theories to study ancient cultural products.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Tradition, Innovation and a Search for Egyptian Identity in
the Third Intermediate Period
Chapter Two: Rank, Status and Axes of Identity
Chapter Three: Materiality, Memory and the Mortuary Landscape of Thebes
Chapter Four: The Symbolic Economy of Mortuary Practices
Conclusion: Women, Gender and Status in Thebes of the 8th-6th Centuries BCE