Body and frames of war in New Kingdom Egypt: violent treatment of enemies and prisoners

Body and Frames of War in New Kingdom Egypt' deals with the relation between violence and the bodies of enemies and prisoners of war in New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1550/1070 BC) through the lens of "frames of war" (J. Butler). Archaeological, textual and pictorial sources on military viole...

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Main Author: Matić, Uroš 1987- (Author)
Corporate Author: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Degree granting institution)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Wiesbaden Harrassowitz Verlag 2019
In: Philippika (134)
Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Matić, Uroš, 1987-, Body and frames of war in New Kingdom Egypt : Violent Treatment of Enemies and Prisoners] (2020) (Bojowald, Stefan)
Series/Journal:Philippika 134
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / War prisoner / Violence / Torture / Execution
Further subjects:B Egypt History New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C
B Violence
B Violence - Égypte - Histoire
B Violence (Egypt) History
B Egypt
B Prisoners of war Abuse of (Egypt) History
B Prisoners of war - Abuse of
B Prisonniers de guerre - Violence envers - Égypte - Histoire
B Égypte - Histoire - ca 1550-1070 av. J.-C. (Nouvel Empire)
B History
B Thesis
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Summary:Body and Frames of War in New Kingdom Egypt' deals with the relation between violence and the bodies of enemies and prisoners of war in New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1550/1070 BC) through the lens of "frames of war" (J. Butler). Archaeological, textual and pictorial sources on military violence (torture, mutilation, execution) are examined with various methods. Numerous attestations of caging, branding and marking, cutting off hands, cutting off phalli, cutting off ears, eyes gouging, strangling, burning, impaling and decapitation of enemies are analysed in detail and compared with treatments of the dead in the Underworld and criminals in ancient Egypt. 0Uro? Matic for the first time comprehensively compares divine and state violence in ancient Egypt. He discusses evidence from physical-anthropology (skeletal remains) and chooses a constructivist approach to textual and pictorial representations of violence. Bodies of enemies are understood as objects and media of violence. Several theoretical models are consulted in the examination of the material. It is argued that there was a difference in violent acts committed by the king and those committed by the soldiers. The king treats the enemies in the same way as deities and demons treat the dead in the Underworld. The violence committed by soldiers, on the other hand, is mundane and has no religious background. This difference strengthened the divine nature of the king
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-373) and indexes
ISBN:3447199253