Violence and Gender in Ancient Egypt

ISBN-13: 9780367356217 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 176 str.

Uros Matic

Opis

 Violence and Gender in Ancient Egypt shifts the focus of gender studies in Egyptology to social phenomena rarely addressed through the lens of gender - war and violence, exploring the complex intersections of violence and gender in ancient Egypt.

Spis treści

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Gender of Aggression: Violent men, women and deities in ancient Egypt Chapter 3: Masculine domination: Evidence of sexual violence Chapter 4: Objects of desire: Men, women and children as spoils of war Chapter 5: "He is looking at Bowmen like women" Gender as a Frame of War Chapter 6: Conclusion

O autorze

Uroš Matić is a research fellow of the Austrian Archaeological Institute (Cairo Branch), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. He received his PhD from the Institute for Egyptology and Coptic Studies of the University in Muenster (Germany) in 2017. Since 2012, he has been a team member of several archaeological missions in Egypt (Tell el-Dab^ca, Aswan, and Kom Ombo). He was a Co-Chair of Archaeology and Gender in Europe (AGE) community of the European Association of Archaeologists from 2016 to 2019.