XVIIIth Dynasty, al-cAsasiif, Gurna (Source: The Tomb of Neferhotep at Thebes by Norman de Garis 4 5 7 9 13 24 25 30 35 37 39 45 47 50 51 54 55 57 60 79 103 116 128 140 145 146 x FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD Davies, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1933: 121 122–27) 27. Lamenters in funerary boats crossing to the West Bank, from the Tomb of Neferhotep. Pilgrimage paintings which include the icon of the lion. Medinat Habu temple viewed from Hamida’s house 21. Hamida and her friend, dressed to go out 16. High walls in the village of al-cAiyaiyša 11. In the interior of the cOmda’s house, Karnak 10. Jamal Zaki al-Din al-Hajaji with the epic poet and singer, c Awad’ullah cAbd al-Jalil 8. The shrine of Abu’l Hajjaj in Luxor, viewed from the Nile 7. View of the Coptic ruins of Medinat Habu 3. View of Medinat Habu temple from Habu Hotel 2. Towards a Cosmology of the Afterlife: Continuities and Transformations 231 Appendices 243 Notes 277 Bibliography 289 Index 301 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix Illustrations 1. Cosmologies of Lament: From Ancient to Modern 183 11. ![]() The Pyramid Texts: Orality, Structure and Cosmology 171 10. Ancient Egyptian Lamentation: Kinesics, Performance and the Semiotics of Gesture 145 9. The Contemporary Laments: Concordance and Thematic Analysis 121 viii FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD Part III The Cosmology of the Afterlife 8. The Performance of Emotion: Rhetoric, Authenticity and the Boundaries of Grief 99 7. The Hermeneutics of Lament: Signs, Symbols and Referents 79 6. Contemporary Lament Performance: The Funeral and the Mourning 67 Part II How Laments Acquire Meaning 5. Strange Contexts: The Laments of Luxor and Edfu 23 3. ‘They go down barefoot like us, the women scorned’: The Laments of Kom Lolah 3 2. ISBN: 978 1 84885 050 7 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: available Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd from camera-ready copy edited and supplied by the author To the women of Upper Egypt whose poetry inspired me to write this book Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xiii Preface xv Part I The Ethnography of Lament: An Introduction to the cidid 1. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For the Living and the Dead The Funerary Laments of Upper Egypt, Ancient and Modern Elizabeth Wickett Published in 2010 by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Distributed in the United States and Canada Exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © 2010 Elizabeth Wickett The right of Elizabeth Wickett to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988. She produced and directed the successful documentary, For Those Who Sail to Heaven, highlighting the legacy of ancient festival tradition in Luxor. She studied with Dell Hymes at the University of Pennsylvania and has lectured widely on Upper Egyptian folk genres and performance. Towards a Cosmology of the Afterlife: Continuities and Transformations Appendices Notes Bibliography Index Citation previewĮlizabeth Wickett has worked in the Middle East and North Africa for more than twenty-five years in academic research, anthropological film and development. ![]() Cosmologies of Lament: From Ancient to Modern 11. ![]() The 'Pyramid Texts': Orality, Structure and Cosmology 10. Ancient Egyptian Lamentation: Kinesics, Performance and the Semiotics of Gesture 9. The Contemporary Laments: Concordance and Thematic Analysis Part III. The Performance of Emotion: Rhetoric, Authenticity and the Boundaries of Grief 7. The Hermeneutics of Lament: Signs, Symbols and Referents 6. Contemporary Lament Performace: The Funeral and the Mourning Part II. Strange Contexts: The Laments of Luxor and Edfu 3. 'They go down barefoot like us, the women scorned': The Laments of Kom Lolah 2. ![]() The Ethnography of Lament: An Introduction to the cidid 1. Table of contents : Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Part I.
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