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Conflicted Antiquities de Elliott Colla

Conflicted Antiquities

Autor Elliott Colla
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 ian 2008

Evoluția egiptologiei a încetat de mult să fie privită doar ca o succesiune de descoperiri arheologice, fiind astăzi recunoscută drept un teren de luptă ideologic unde s-au definit identități naționale și regimuri coloniale. În lucrarea de față, observăm cum Elliott Colla deconstruiește mitul egiptologiei ca știință neutră, demonstrând că interesul european pentru Egiptul Antic a forțat o redefinire radicală a identității egiptene moderne. Remarcăm o structură narativă ce avansează cronologic și tematic, începând cu „artificarea” capului lui Memnon și culminând cu impactul politic masiv al descoperirii mormântului lui Tutankhamon. Autorul nu se limitează la istoriografia clasică; el integrează surse diverse, de la poezia medievală arabă la jurnale de călătorie britanice și franceze. Subliniem analiza fascinantă a „faraonismului” — o mișcare culturală prin care naționaliștii egipteni au revendicat patrimoniul antic pentru a contesta autoritatea colonială, proces care a generat o producție artistică impresionantă în sculptură, film și literatură. Conflicted Antiquities acoperă o arie tematică similară cu Views of Ancient Egypt since Napoleon Bonaparte de David Jeffreys, dar cu o abordare mult mai centrată pe sursele interne arabe și pe modul în care arheologia a alimentat inclusiv opoziția islamistă. În contextul operei sale, dacă în Baghdad Central autorul explorează tensiunile politice prin lentila ficțiunii polițiste, aici păstrează aceeași rigoare a analizei raporturilor de putere din Orientul Mijlociu, însă într-un cadru academic interdisciplinar. Este o cercetare care transformă obiectul arheologic dintr-o simplă relicvă într-un instrument de guvernare și rezistență.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822339922
ISBN-10: 0822339927
Pagini: 360
Dimensiuni: 165 x 219 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Duke University Press
Locul publicării:United States

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor interesați de istoria culturală și de mecanismele colonialismului. Veți descoperi cum antichitatea a fost „inventată” și folosită politic, dincolo de vitrinele muzeelor. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege rădăcinile naționalismului egiptean și modul în care patrimoniul cultural devine o armă diplomatică și identitară, oferind o perspectivă critică asupra proprietății asupra istoriei.

Despre autor

Elliott Colla este profesor de literatură comparată la Universitatea Brown, fiind un specialist recunoscut în cultura și politica Orientului Mijlociu. Expertiza sa vastă se reflectă atât în lucrările academice, cât și în activitatea de traducător din limba arabă (notabilă fiind traducerea romanului „The Heron” de Ibrahim Aslan). Spre deosebire de romanele sale de ficțiune, precum Baghdad Central, care explorează realitățile post-război, activitatea sa de cercetare din Conflicted Antiquities se concentrează pe intersecția dintre arheologie, literatură și formarea identității naționale în Egiptul secolelor XIX și XX.

Descriere scurtă

"Conflicted Antiquities" is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology--the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy--was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the Pharaohs, and therefore the rightful owners and administrators of ancient Egypt's historical sites and artifacts. As this dispute developed, nationalists invented the political and expressive culture of "Pharaonism"--Egypt's response to Europe's Egyptomania. In the process, a significant body of modern, Pharaonist poetry, sculpture, architecture, and film was created by artists and authors who looked to the ancient past for inspiration. Colla draws on medieval and modern Arabic poetry, novels, and travel accounts; British and French travel writing; the history of archaeology; and the history of European and Egyptian museums and exhibits. The struggle over the ownership of Pharaonic Egypt did not simply pit Egyptian nationalists against European colonial administrators. Egyptian elites found arguments about the appreciation and preservation of ancient objects useful for exerting new forms of control over rural populations and for mobilizing new political parties. Finally, just as the political and expressive culture of Pharaonism proved critical to the formation of new concepts of nationalist identity, it also fueled Islamist opposition to the Egyptian state.

Recenzii

“Conflicted Antiquities is superb, the definitive work on the place of ancient Egypt in the imaginations and politics of Europe and Egypt. Elliott Colla presents translations and analyses of Arabic literature not previously available, and he brings together for the first time European and modern Egyptian appropriations of and discourses on ancient Egypt. The range of materials that he analyzes is astounding and rich; the footnotes alone are worth the price of the book.” — Lila Abu-Lughod, author of Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt“Written in an engaging, thoughtful, and provocative style, Conflicted Antiquities provides a unique perspective on the ‘consumption’ of ancient Egypt. What makes it distinctive is Elliott Colla’s focus on Egyptian readings of the ancient past, an area which has been greatly neglected. Colla has much that is fresh and new to contribute, especially since the resources on which he draws are not widely known nor easy to get hold of.”— Stephanie Moser, author of Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum“The history of the archaeology of ancient Egypt is fairly straightforward, one might think, but, as this excellent thought-provoking book reveals it is far more complex than that...This book shows that the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy was as important and as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. It is a fascinating and enlightening story.” Robert B. Partridge, Ancient Egypt. The History, People and Culture of the Nile Valley, Vol. 9, Issue 49, August/September 2008
"Conflicted Antiquities is superb, the definitive work on the place of ancient Egypt in the imaginations and politics of Europe and Egypt. Elliott Colla presents translations and analyses of Arabic literature not previously available, and he brings together for the first time European and modern Egyptian appropriations of and discourses on ancient Egypt. The range of materials that he analyzes is astounding and rich; the footnotes alone are worth the price of the book." -- Lila Abu-Lughod, author of Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt "Written in an engaging, thoughtful, and provocative style, Conflicted Antiquities provides a unique perspective on the 'consumption' of ancient Egypt. What makes it distinctive is Elliott Colla's focus on Egyptian readings of the ancient past, an area which has been greatly neglected. Colla has much that is fresh and new to contribute, especially since the resources on which he draws are not widely known nor easy to get hold of."-- Stephanie Moser, author of Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum "The history of the archaeology of ancient Egypt is fairly straightforward, one might think, but, as this excellent thought-provoking book reveals it is far more complex than that...This book shows that the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy was as important and as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. It is a fascinating and enlightening story." Robert B. Partridge, Ancient Egypt. The History, People and Culture of the Nile Valley, Vol. 9, Issue 49, August/September 2008

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"Written in an engaging, thoughtful, and provocative style, "Conflicted Antiquities" provides a unique perspective on the 'consumption' of ancient Egypt. What makes it distinctive is Elliott Colla's focus on Egyptian readings of the ancient past, an area which has been greatly neglected. Colla has much that is fresh and new to contribute, especially since the resources on which he draws are not widely known nor easy to get hold of."-- Stephanie Moser, author of "Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum"

Cuprins

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Egyptian Sculpture Room 1
1. The Artification of the Memnon Head 24
Ozymandias 67
2. Conflicted Antiquities: Islam’s Pharaoh and Emergent Egyptology 72
The Antiqakhana 116
3. Pharaonic Selves 121
Two Pharaohs 166
4. The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb: Archaeology, Politics, and Literature 172
Nahdat Misr 227
5. Pharaonism after Pharaonism: Mahfouz and Qutb 234
Conclusion 273
Notes 279
Bibliography 311
Index 329

Descriere

A cultural and political history of the struggle for physical and moral ownership of Egyptian antiquities.