IMHICIHU   13380
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE HISTORIA Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Otherness and Antagonism in Egypt: the construction of differential identity processes during the late Second Intermediate Period/early New Kingdom
Autor/es:
FLAMMINI, ROXANA
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Congreso; Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting; 2015
Institución organizadora:
Society of Biblical Literature
Resumen:
The concept of ?otherness? refers to the reinforcement of social identity through the opposition to ?others? considered different. During the Second Intermediate Period, the relationships among Egyptians, Nubians and Asiatics offer a special scenario to analyze the perception of ?otherness? at the level of elite interaction. The Hyksos, the foreign dynasty which intended to control not only Lower Egypt but also Upper Egypt, built a distinctive and unique identity as rulers made of local and foreign elements. An amalgam of old and new practices can also be detected. In this vein, the adoption of the Egyptian language and script and of part of the Egyptian royal titulary can be explained as elite emulation, while other practices point to reinforce their foreign origin (sacred buildings, palaces, many religious and funerary beliefs). Material culture tends to reflect these parameters. Contemporary and later rejection - and vilification - of these rulers by the Egyptians can be explained as a way to reinforce the Egyptian identity by antagonism.