Reading the Sphinx
Author | : Lynn Parramore |
Publisher | : Palgrave MacMillan |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2008-09-15 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105131608924 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Reading the Sphinx unearths a buried cultural history haunted by Egyptian ghosts, Lynn Parramore examines issues of western identity, inheritance, gender, and sexuality through the interlocking stories of nineteenth-century collectors, conjurers, artists, travelers, and psychic explorers as they encounter Egyptian antiquity. Bringing together cultural analysis, literary history, and psychology, Parramore explores the productions of a wide range, of fascinating figures, from Herodotus to Freud. Reading the Sphinx is a new cultural history that traces the suppression, distortion, and, ultimately, the resurrection of maternal powers from the crypt of memory."--BOOK JACKET.