Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt

Much of the literature on ancient Egypt centers on pharaohs or on elite conceptions of the afterlife. This path-breaking book examines how ordinary ancient Egyptians lived their lives.

"Informative, well researched, entertaining, and [it] makes an important contribution to the field."---Ellen Morris, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

Autorentext
Lynn Meskell

Inhalt
Illustrations and Tables xi Acknowledgments xv Conventions xvii CHAPTER ONE: The Interpretative Framework 1 CHAPTER TWO: Locales and Communities 17 CHAPTER THREE: Social Selves 57 CHAPTER FOUR: Founding a House 94 CHAPTER FIVE: Love, Eroticism, and the Sexual Self 126 CHAPTER SIX: Embodied Knowledge 148 CHAPTER SEVEN: Cycles of Death and Life 178 Postscript 208 Notes 211 Bibliography 215 Index 233

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