Consuming Ancient Egypt

ISBN-13: 9781138404342 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Sally MacDonald

Opis

Examines the influence of Ancient Egypt on the lives of people, of all ages, throughout the world. This work presents 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.

Spis treści

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 LLEÓ'S OPERTTA: LA CORTE DE FARAÓN, 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;

O autorze

Sally MacDonald, Michael Rice