Ancient Egyptian Society : Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Approaches (Paperback)

Introduction 1. Investigating Ancient Egypt’s Societies: Past Approaches and New Directions Danielle Candelora, SUNY Cortland Nadia Ben-Marzouk, Tel Aviv University Kathlyn M. Cooney, University of California, Los Angeles Section 1: Power 2. Power and the Study of Ancient Egyptian Society Nadia Ben-Marzouk, Tel Aviv University 3. Hidden Violence: Reassessing Violence and Human Sacrifice in Ancient Egypt Roselyn A. Campbell, Getty Research Institute 4. Making the Past Present: The Use of Archaism and Festivals in the Transmission of Egyptian Royal Ideology Jeffrey Newman, University of California, Los Angeles 5. Divine Kingship and the Royal Ka Jonathan Winnerman, University of California, Los Angeles 6. Trade, Statehood and Configurations of Power in Ancient Egypt (Early-Middle Bronze Age) Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia, CNRS (France) 7. The Social Pyramid and the Status of Craftspeople in Ancient Egypt Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod, University of British Columbia 8. Ancient Egyptian Decorum: Demarcating and Presenting Social Action John Baines, University of Oxford 9. Co-regency in the 25th Dynasty: A Case Study of the Chapel of Osiris-Ptah Neb-ankh at Karnak Essam Nagy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Section 2: People 10. The Egyptianization of Egypt and Egyptology: Exploring Identity in Ancient Egypt Danielle Candelora, SUNY Cortland 11. Ancient Egyptian "Origins" and "Identity:" An Etic Perspective S. O. Y. Keita, Smithsonian Institution 12. Eight Medjay Walk into a Palace: Bureaucratic Categorization and Cultural Mistranslation of Peoples in Contact Kate Liszka, California State University, San Bernardino 13. The Value of Children in Ancient Egypt Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod, University of British Columbia 14. Orientalizing the Ancient Egyptian Woman Jordan Galczynski, University of California, Los Angeles 15. The Ancient Egyptian Artist: A Non-Existing Category? Dimitri Laboury, F.R.S.-FNRS ? University of Liege Alisee Devillers, F.R.S.-FNRS ? University of Liege 16. Hellenistic Warfare and Egyptian Society Christelle Fischer-Bovet, University of Southern California 17. Revealing the Invisible Majority: ‘Hegemonic’ Group Artefacts as Biography Containers of the ‘Underprivileged’ Groups Gianluca Miniaci, University of Pisa 18. Reevaluating Social Histories: The Use of Ancient Egypt in Contemporary Art Nicholas R. Brown, University of California, Los Angeles Section 3: Place 19. People of Nile and Sun, Wheat and Barley, Copper and Gold: Ancient Egyptian Society and the Agency of Place Kathlyn M. Cooney, University of California, Los Angeles 20. Shifting Boundaries, Conflicting Perspectives: (Re)establishing the Borders of Kemet through Variable Social Identities Danielle Candelora, SUNY Cortland 21. Urban versus Village Society in Ancient Egypt: A New Perspective Nadine Moeller, Yale University 22. Reassessing the Value of Autobiographical Inscriptions from the First Intermediate Period and "Pessimistic Literature" for Understanding Egypt’s Social History Ellen Morris, Barnard College, Columbia University 23. Othering the Alphabet: Rewriting the Social Context of the Formation and Transmission of a New Writing System in the Egyptian Expedition Community Nadia Ben-Marzouk, Tel Aviv University 24. Language Policy and the Administrative Framework of Early Islamic Egypt Jennifer Cromwell, Manchester Metropolitan University 25. New Methods to Reconstruct the Social History of Food in Ancient Egypt: Case studies from Nag ed Deir and Deir el Ballas Amr Khalaf Shahat, University of California, Los Angeles 26. Stop and Smell the Flowers: A Re-Assessment of the Ancient Egyptian "Blue Lotus" Robyn Price, University of California, Los Angeles 27. The Body of Egypt: How the Harem Women Physically Connected a King with his Elites Kathlyn M. Cooney, University of California, Los Angeles Chloe Landis, University of California, Los Angeles Turandot Shayegan, University of California, Los Angeles