Elliott Colla

Conflicted Antiquities

Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity

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Produktbeschreibung

"Written in an engaging, thoughtful, and provocative style, "Conflicted Antiquities" provides a unique perspective on the 'consumption' of ancient Egypt. What makes it distinctive is Elliott Colla's focus on Egyptian readings of the ancient past, an area which has been greatly neglected. Colla has much that is fresh and new to contribute, especially since the resources on which he draws are not widely known nor easy to get hold of."-- Stephanie Moser, author of "Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780822339755
• ISBN-10: 0822339757
• Artikelnr.: 22884437

Autorenporträt

Elliott Colla is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Egyptian Sculpture Room 1
1. The Artification of the Memnon Head 24
Ozymandias 67
2. Conflicted Antiquities: Islam’s Pharaoh and Emergent Egyptology 72
The Antiqakhana 116
3. Pharaonic Selves 121
Two Pharaohs 166
4. The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb: Archaeology, Politics, and
Literature 172
Nahdat Misr 227
5. Pharaonism after Pharaonism: Mahfouz and Qutb 234
Conclusion 273
Notes 279
Bibliography 311
Index 329