Consuming Ancient Egypt
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-59874-203-9 (ISBN)
Description
Consuming Ancient Egypt examines the influence of Ancient Egypt on the everyday lives of contemporary people, of all ages, throughout the world. It looks at the Egypt tourist sees, Egypt in film and Egypt as the inspiration for opera. It asks why so many books are published each year on Egyptological subjects at all levels, from the austerely academic to the riotous celebrations of Egypt as a land of mystery, enchantment and fantasy. It then considers the ways in which Ancient Egypt interacts with the living world, in architecture, museum going, the acquisition of souvenirs and reproductions, design, and the perpetual appeal of the mummy. The significance of Egypt as an adjunct to (and frequently the subject of) marketing in the consumer society is examined. It reveals much about Egypt's immemorial appeal and the psychology of those who succumb to its magic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Walnut Creek
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
362 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59874-203-9 (9781598742039)
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Consuming Ancient Egypt
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Person
Sally MacDonald is Manager of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, UCL and a Lecturer on its Museum Studies course. Michael Rice has worked extensively in the Middle East, particularly in the Arabian peninsular states, to several of which he has acted as an Adviser. He has been responsible for the creation, design and installation of museums in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Content
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION - TEA WITH A MUMMY: THE CONSUMER'S VIEW OF EGYPT'S IMMEMORIAL APPEAL, Michael Rice, MacDonald Sally; Chapter 2 'MUMMYMANIA' FOR THE MASSES - IS EGYPTOLOGY CURSED BY THE MUMMY'S CURSE?, Carter Lupton; Chapter 3 HOW TO STAGE AIDA, Jean-Marcel Humbert; Chapter 4 VICENT LLEO'S OPERTTA: LA CORTE DE FARAON, Covadonga Sevilla Cueva; Chapter 5 EGYPT IN HOLLYWOOD: PHARAOHS OF THE FIFTIES, Sam Serafy; Chapter 6 LOST IN TIME AND SPACE: ANCLENT EGYPT IN MUSEUMS, Sally MacDonald; Chapter 7 'ACQUISITIONS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1998', Julian Walker; Chapter 8 SELLING EGYPT: ENCOUNTERS AT KHAN EL-KHALILI, Fekri A. Hassan; Chapter 9 EGYPT'S PAST REGENERATED BY ITS OWN PEOPLE, Fayza Haikal; Chapter 10 WHAT DO TOURISTS LEARN OF EGYPT?, Okasha El Daly; Chapter 11 'WONDERFUL THINGS': PUBLISHING EGYPT IN WORLD AND IMAGE, Andrew Wheatcroft; Chapter 12 HIJACKED IMAGES: ANCIENT EGYPT IN FRENCH COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING, Bernadette Schnitzler; Chapter 13 ALTERNATIVE EGYPTS, Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince; Chapter 14 ANCIENT EGYPT ON THE SMALL SCREEN - FROM FACT TO FACTION IN THE UK, Tim Schadla-Hall, Genny Morris;