Beyond Egyptomania
Objects, Style and Agency
Format:Hardback
Publisher:De Gruyter
Published:8th Jun '20
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The material and intellectual presence of Egypt is at the heart of Western culture, religion and art from Antiquity to the present. This volume aims to provide a long term and interdisciplinary perspective on Egypt and its mnemohistory, taking theories on objects and their agency as its main point of departure. The central questions the book addresses are why, from the first millennium BC onwards, things and concepts Egyptian are to be found in such a great variety of places throughout European history and how we can account for their enduring impact over time. By taking a radically object-oriented perspective on this question, this book is also a major contribution to current debates on the agency of artefacts across archaeology, anthropology and art history.
ISBN: 9783110564259
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 999g
362 pages