Histories of Egyptology : interdisciplinary measures / edited by William Carruthers.

Other author Carruthers, William, 1982- editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Descriptionxii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Egyptology--History.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt.
Egypt--Civilization. --To 332 B.C. --Historiography.
Egypt--Antiquities. --Historiography.

SeriesRoutledge studies in Egyptology ; 2
Routledge studies in Egyptology ; 2. ^A1154967
Contents Introduction : thinking about histories of Egyptology / William Carruthers -- The object of study : Egyptology, archaeology, and anthropology at Oxford, 1860-1960 / Alice Stevenson -- The Anglo-Saxon branch of the Berlin School : the interwar correspondence of Adolf Erman and Alan Gardiner and the loss of the German concession at Amarna / Thomas Gertzen -- The cursed discipline? : the peculiarities of Egyptology at the turn of the twenty-first century / Juan Carlos Moreno García -- Interdisciplinary measures : beyond disciplinary histories of Egyptology / David Gange -- Beyond travelers' accounts and reproductions : unpublished nineteenth-century works as histories of Egyptology / Andrew Bednarski -- Studies in esoteric syntax : the enigmatic friendship of Aleister Crowley and Battiscombe Gunn / Steve Vinson and Janet Gunn -- Margaret Alice Murray and archaeological training in the classroom : preparing 'Petrie's pups' / Kathleen L. Sheppard -- Discussing knowledge in the making / Christina Riggs -- On archaeological labor in modern Egypt / Wendy Doyon -- Remembering and forgetting Tutankhamun : imperial and national rhythms of archaeology, 1922-1972 / Donald M. Reid -- The state of the archive : manipulating memory in modern Egypt and the writing of Egyptological histories / Hussein Omar -- Histories of Egyptology in Egypt : some thoughts / Marwa Elshakry -- Thomas 'Mummy' Pettigrew and the study of Egypt in early nineteenth-century Britain / Gabriel Moshenska -- Repeating death : the high priest character in mummy horror films / Jasmine Day -- What's in a face? : mummy portrait panels and identity in museum display / Debbie Challis -- Legacies of engagement : the multiple manifestations of ancient Egypt in public discourse / Stephanie Moser -- The old and new Egyptian museums : between imperialists, nationalists, and tourists / Mohamed Elshahed.
General note"The chapters ... , alongside some commissioned pieces, represent revised versions of papers given at a conference held in London during June 2010[,] Disciplinary Measures: Histories of Egyptology in Multi-Disciplinary Context"--Introduction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014008109
ISBN9780415843690 (hbk)
ISBN0415843693 (hbk)
Standard identifier# 40023934333

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