Writing, Violence, and the Military: Images of Literacy in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (1550- 1295 Bce)
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Writing, Violence, and the Military takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) as its point of departure, asking how patrons of art conceptualized literacy and how in turn they positioned themselves with respect to it. Exploring statuary and tomb art through the prism of self-representation and group formation, it makes three claims. Firstly, that the elite of this period held a variety of notions...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198841620
ISBN13:9780198841623
Release Date:October 2019
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"
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