Remembering Osiris : number, gender, and the word in ancient Egyptian representational systems

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Remembering Osiris : number, gender, and the word in ancient Egyptian representational systems

Title remainder

number, gender, and the word in ancient Egyptian representational systems

Statement of responsibility

Tom Hare

Creator

• Hare, Thomas Blenman, 1952-
• Hare, Thomas Blenman, 1952-

Subject

• Mythology, Egyptian
• Osiris (Egyptian deity)
• Egypt -- Religion
• Osiris, (Egyptian deity)
• Osiris, (Egyptian deity)
• Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic

Language

eng

Summary

"The texts and visual arts of ancient Egypt reveal a persistent and sophisticated engagement with problems of language, the body, and multiplicity. This innovative book shows how these issues were represented in ancient Egypt and how Egyptian approaches to them continue to influence our thought today." "The story of Osiris is one of the central cultural myths of ancient Egypt, a story of dismemberment and religious passion that also exemplifies attitudes about personal identity, sexuality, and the transfer of royal power. It is, moreover, a story of death and the overcoming of death, and in this it lies at the center of our own means of engagement with ancient Egypt. ReMembering Osiris takes as its focus this tale as it is recorded in Egyptian texts and memorialized on the walls of temples and tombs. Since such a focus is attainable only through Egyptian representational systems, especially hieroglyphs, the book also engages broader questions of writing and visual representation: decipherment, controversies about the "ideograph," and the relation between visual images and writing."--BOOK JACKET

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DLC

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography