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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Unwrapping Ancient Egypt The Shroud the Secret and the Sacred
Book SynopsisChristina Riggs is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Art History and World Art Studies, University of East Anglia, UK.Trade ReviewEach chapter of this book represents one lecture from a series delivered in 2012 at All Souls College, Oxford …With 79 pages of notes and bibliography, the extensive research behind this book is well documented … The issues discussed go beyond the art historical. Riggs covers the psychology of entombing, hiding, and revealing in artistic, religious, and political contexts. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers. -- N. J. Mactague, Aurora University * CHOICE *This is a work of passion, poetically written and convincingly argued, which highlights the crucial role played by textiles, wrapping and concealment in the structuring of ancient Egyptian society. -- Sarah Griffiths * Ancient Egypt *An original and powerful volume ... Riggs provides a (very) critical history of Egyptology and related curatorial practices. The result is a book that not only wears its erudition lightly, but also challenges the legitimacy and apparent exceptionality of what it is that Egyptologists do. Opening Egyptology’s “black box,” Riggs makes a major contribution to understanding what that box might contain, in addition to how this understanding might change our perceptions of “ancient Egypt” and scholarly practices related to it. -- William Carruthers * Museum Anthropology Review *Dr Riggs’ book contains much of interest, presented in an ingenious way that raises issues that might not otherwise have easily sprung to mind and which should indeed be considered by anyone dealing with the study of the ancient world. -- Aidan Dodson * ASTENE Bulletin 63 *Riggs is, undeniably, spot-on with many of her observations. She is deliberately provocative and hopefully this book – an affordable paperback that [could] reach a wide audience – will not simply be dismissed as ‘trendy’ by the Establishment she critiques ... it should please the author that the book – perhaps the single most important on the subject of ‘Egyptology’ as a discipline of the last ten years – is already on the set reading list of archaeology students at Manchester University. -- Campbell Price * Egyptian Archaeology *Unwrapping Ancient Egypt is a riveting review and critique of Egyptological scholarship, studying a time-honored subject against a critical analysis of traditional western scientific approaches. Christina Riggs’ masterful intertwining of critical theory and thorough analysis provides important new insights. -- Willeke Wendrich, Professor of Egyptian Archeology, UCLA, USAChristina Riggs takes us on a lively exploration of Egyptology's prize finds and ably offers a fresh approach to familiar mummies and their textile bindings. As a means by which the dead and objects were sanctified and transformed, textile wrappings are presented as a structuring principle in ancient Egyptian society and discourse. -- Susanna Harris, ERC Research Associate, PROCON Project, UCL, UKThrough its focus on concealment and revelation, this beautifully written book raises ‘mummification’ from the realms of obscurity and curiosity, relocating it within a politics of the body that sheds light on both the deep past and contemporary practices of collection and display. It is an important contribution that cuts across the fields of art history, Egyptology, archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage, material culture, and museum studies. -- David Wengrow, Professor of Comparative Archaeology, University College London, UKMore poetry than prose, embroidered with details gleaned from her extensive knowledge and experience as an Egyptologist and museum curator, Riggs’ interwoven tale of two Egypts skillfully employs the metaphor of wrapping, the past (wrapped/concealed) and the perceived past (unwrapped/revealed), as a common thread that binds both worlds. -- Lorelei H. Corcoran, Professor and Director of the Institute of Egyptian Art & Archeology, University of Memphis, USAThis book is a distinctive and significant contribution to the fields of Egyptology, anthropology, art history, and cultural studies. It is simultaneously a study of ancient Egypt and modern Western culture. In particular, the author examines the ancient Egyptian mortuary practices of wrapping and shrouding bodies, and the modern archaeological and museological practices of unwrapping bodies. -- Robert Preucel, Director of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, USATable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Desecration Revelation Mummification Linen Secrecy Sanctity Afterword Notes References Index
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WW Norton & Co Teachings from the American Earth Indian Religion and Philosophy Indian Religion and Philosophy
Book SynopsisA much needed book. It not only provides the proper orientation to its material, but its humanistic approach is more perceptive and illuminating than technical scholarship. Theodore H. Gaster, Columbia University
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Timber Press (OR) Native American Ethnobotany
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native peoples for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. More than 44,000 uses for some 4000 plants by various tribes are documented here.Trade ReviewDaniel Moerman's massive work, long anticipated by ethnobiologists and anthropologists, is striking... Its pages are brimming with the most complete explication of Native Americans ... and their interaction with plants ever undertaken. ... Moerman provides... information probably impossible to find anywhere else-nothing to date has been so thorough and systematic. ... [The book includes] several indices of great value. ...The cost [is] miraculously low for this masterpiece. No library can be without... Moerman's offering. His work will likely never be surpassed... This is probably the magnum opus of the field. We are all indebted to him for this marvelous achievement. -- Donald J. McGraw American Scientist 20000201 This monumental synthesis of ethnobotany of prehistoric and historic Indians of North America ... is an instant classic. -- Rudolf Schmid Taxon 19981101 An enormous achievement... Fun to browse through it and to discover many exciting details about plant use in North America. -- Michael Heinrich Journal of Ethnopharmacology 19990201 A monumental work. Plants and People 19980201 Congratulations to Timber Press for doing it right. Whole Earth 19990201 This scholarly and weighty tome contains a stupendous quantity of high-quality information about the use of plants by Native American peoples. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 20000201 Anyone interested in the economic botany and ethnobotany of indigenous groups of North America needs to have a copy of this book. It is the standard reference on Native American plant uses. HerbalGram 19990201 This work is an invaluable resource for ethnobotanists, anthropologists, herbalists, and other researchers. Herb Quarterly 19990201 The definitive book on the subject. Covering over 4,000 plants with some 44,000 uses, this represents years of research on the author's part. -- Connie Krochmal Washington Daily News 19991222 An impressive compilation of information on plants used by Native Americans ... An important library book. Northeastern Naturalist 19990201 Moerman has done an excellent job of presenting the information in useable form. -- Rachel Hays American Biology Teacher 20000301 I have no hesitation in recommending this book as a fundamental and highly valuable source of fascinating information on the plants and the peoples of North America. -- W. Milliken Edinburgh Journal of Botany 19990401 This typographically attractive book presents its data with interest and humor. Taxon 20000522 When I received the book I thought I had died and gone to heaven! This is one of the items I would run back to save if my house ever burned down. -- Melodye Murphy Amazon.com 20011210 Native American Ethnobotany is an essential reference for all those interested in the uses of plants. Wild Foods Forum 20050303
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