OBJECT – SUBJECT – EGYPT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
4. PREFACE: BEYOND EGYPTOMANIA »NACHLEBEN«, MNEMOHISTORY AND THE AGENCY OF THINGS EGYPTIAN 11
5. EGYPT AND ITS MNEMOHISTORY: INTRODUCTIONS
6. HAUNTED BY EGYPT 15
7. THE MNEMOHISTORY OF EGYPT 23
8. PLAIDOYER POUR L’ÉGYPTOMANIE, OU COMMENT S’APPROPRIER UNE ÉGYPTE FANTASMÉE 39
9. THE FASCINATION FOR EGYPT DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 53
10. OBJECTS, STYLE AND AGENCY: A LONG-TERM OVERVIEW
11. AEGYPTIACA 71
12. L’ÉGYPTE DES UNS N’EST PAS TOUJOURS L’ÉGYPTE DES AUTRES 87
13. AEGYPTIACA ROMANA 97
14. LOST IN TRANSLATION? 115
15. PERICULOSAE PLENUM OPUS ALEAE 133
16. A FOOD CHAIN OF OBJECTS 151
17. THE EGYPTIAN CENTREPIECE OF THE SÈVRES MANUFACTORY 169
18. PHARAOHS, PAPYRI AND HOOKAHS 185
19. EGYPT’S MATERIAL AGENCY: DISCUSSIONS
20. ANCIENT EGYPT: DO THINGS MATTER? 211
21. EGYPT AND/AS STYLE 219
22. THE MAGIC OF THE MATERIAL 225
23. OBJECT – SUBJECT – EGYPT 237
24. NOTES 247
25. INDEX 319
26. PLATES 323
27. PICTURE CREDITS 359