Ancient Egyptian Biographies - Contexts, Forms, Functions (Hardcover)

(Auto-)biography is a genre of ancient Egyptian written discourse that was central to high culture from its earliest periods. Belonging to the nonroyal elites, these texts present aspects of individual lives and experience, sometimes as narratives of key events, sometimes as characterizations of personal qualities. Egyptian (auto-) biographies offer a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which individuals fashioned distinctive selves for display and the significance of the physical, religious, and social contexts they selected. The present volume brings together specialists from a range of relevant periods, approaches, and interests. The studies collected here examine Egyptian (auto-)biographies from a variety of complementary perspectives: anthropological and contrastive perspectives; the original Old Kingdom settings; text format and language; social dimensions; and religious experience.

General

Imprint:	Lockwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Wilbour Studies in Egyptology and Assyriology
Release date:	June 2020
Editors:	Julie Stauder-Porchet • Elizabeth Frood • Andreas Stauder
Dimensions:	286 x 220 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	350
ISBN-13:	978-1-948488-28-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	1-948488-28-0
Barcode:	9781948488280

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