Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Companion Book to the Exhibition by Zahi A. Hawass |
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The most penetrating study of the curse ever conducted, The Mummy's Curse uncovers forgotten writings, examines original surveys and field observations of museum visitors, revolutionizes the study of mummy horror films and shows that the curse's structure, meaning and interpretation was changed by events such as the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
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The most penetrating study of the curse ever conducted, The Mummy's Curse uncovers forgotten writings, examines original surveys and field observations of museum visitors, revolutionizes the study of mummy horror films and shows that the curse's structure, meaning and interpretation was changed by events such as the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
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The riddle of the 'curse of the pharaohs' is finally solved via a radical anthropological treatment of the legend as a cultural concept rather than a physical phenomenon. The most penetrating study of the curse ever conducted shows that its structure and meaning changed over time, as public attitudes towards archaeology and the Middle East were transformed by events such as the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Victorian women writers likened unwrapping to rape, but to exploit the growing popularity of Egyptology, Hollywood turned mummies from victims into monsters, destroying the curse’s power to challenge abuses of human remains. Mummies came to symbolize everything wrong and rotten: pollution, age, death, difference and defiance of authority, becoming imaginary friends or cautionary examples for children.
The Mummy’s Curse uncovers forgotten nineteenth-century fiction and poetry, revolutionizes the study of mummy horror films and reveals the prejudices embedded in children’s toys. Original surveys and field observations of museum visitors demonstrate that media stereotypes — to which museums inadvertently contribute — promote vilification of mummies, which can invalidate demands for their removal from display. The Mummy’s Curse asks: must we debase other cultures in order to practise our own?
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'[T]he fantasy world acquires a particular fabulous concreteness in popular intellectual life' whenever a fictional character divorces its original context, enters into public consciousness and takes on a life of its own (Gramsci 1985:350). Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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'[T]he fantasy world acquires a particular fabulous concreteness in popular intellectual life' whenever a fictional character divorces its original context, enters into public consciousness and takes on a life of its own (Gramsci 1985:350). Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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