Women in Ancient Egypt: Revisiting Power, Agency, and Autonomy

Cutting-edge research by twenty-four international scholars on female power, agency, health, and literacy in ancient Egypt

There has been considerable scholarship in the last fifty years on the role of ancient Egyptian women in society. With their ability to work outside the home, inherit and dispense of property, initiate divorce, testify in court, and serve in local government, Egyptian women exercised more legal rights and economic independence than their counterparts throughout antiquity. Yet, their agency and autonomy are often downplayed, undermined, or outright ignored. In Women in Ancient Egypt twenty-four international scholars offer a corrective to this view by presenting the latest cutting-edge research on women and gender in ancient Egypt.

Covering the entirety of Egyptian history, from earliest times to Late Antiquity, this volume commences with a thorough study of the earliest written evidence of Egyptian women, both royal and non-royal, before moving on to chapters that deal with various aspects of Egyptian queens, followed by studies on the legal status and economic roles of non-royal women and, finally, on women's health and body adornment. Within this sweeping chronological range, each study is intensely focused on the evidence recovered from a particular site or a specific time-period. Rather than following a strictly chronological arrangement, the thematic organization of chapters enables readers to discern diachronic patterns of continuity and change within each group of women.

Cl mentine Audouit, Paul Valery University, Montpellier, FranceAnne Austin, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, USAMariam Ayad, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, EgyptRomane Betbeze, Universit de Gen ve, Switzerland, and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL, FranceAnke Ilona Bl baum, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyEva-Maria Engel, Humboldt-Universit t zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyRenate Fellinger, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKKathrin Gabler, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandRahel Glanzmann, independent scholar, Basel, Switzerland.Izold Guegan, Swansea University, UK, and Sorbonne University, Paris, FranceFayza Haikal, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, EgyptJanet H. Johnson, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Il, USAKatarzyna Kapiec, Institute of the Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, PolandSusan Anne Kelly, Macquarie University Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaAnneMarie Luijendijk, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USASuzanne Onstine, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USAJos Ram n P rez-Accino Picatoste, Tara Sewell-Lasater, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USAYasmin El Shazly, American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo, EgyptReinert Skumsnes, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayIsabel St nkel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USAInmaculada Vivas Sainz, National Distance Education University), Madrid, SpainHana Vymazalov , Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czeck RepublicJacquelyn Williamson, George Mason University, Fairfax, Viriginia, USAAnnik W thrich, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna, Austria

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1649031807
• ISBN13: 9781649031808
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"