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Smith, Stuart Tyson, 1960-

Wretched Kush : ethnic identities and boundaries in Egypt's Nubian empire / Stuart Tyson Smith. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - 1 online resource (xx, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index.

Chapter 1 Boundaries and ethnicity -- chapter 2 Ethnicity in antiquity -- chapter 3 Ethnicity and archaeology -- chapter 4 Egypt and Nubia -- chapter 5 Life at Askut -- chapter 6 Death at Tombos -- chapter 7 Ideology and the Pharaohs -- chapter 8 Ethnicity, agency, and empire.

Professor Smith uses the tools of anthropology to examine the ancient Egyptian construction of ethnic identities with its stark contrast between civilized Egyptians and barbaric foreigners - those who made up the 'Wretched Kush' of the title.


English.

ISBN: 0203633822 9780203633823 9780415369855 0415369851 9780415369862 041536986X 9786610073948 6610073945 9781134200948 1134200943 9781134200894 1134200897 9781134200931 1134200935 0203638824 9780203638828 1280073942 9781280073946

Standard No.: 10.4324/9780203633823 doi

Standard Tech. Report. No.: MYILIB_CUp

LCCN: 2003041385

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3X0766 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethnicity--Nubia.
Ethnicity--Egypt.
Ethnicité--Nubie.
Ethnicité--Égypte.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Globalization.
Antiquities
Ethnicity
International relations

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nubia--Relations--Egypt.
Egypt--Relations--Nubia.
Nubia--Antiquities.
Egypt--Antiquities.
Égypte--Antiquités.
Africa--Nubia
Egypt

LC Class. No.: DT159.6.N8 / S65 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/23978032