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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Liverpool Univ Pr
Publication date
May 1, 2002
Pages
224
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780853237068
ISBN-10
0853237069
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$32.50
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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The Cannibal Hymn forms a self-standing episode in the ritual anthology that makes up the Pyramid Texts, first appearing in the tomb of Unas at the end of the Fifth Dynasty. Its style and format are characteristic of the oral-recitational poetry of pharaonic Egypt, marked by allusive metaphor and the exploitation of wordplay and homophony in its verbal recreation of a butchery ritual. Christopher Eyre examines the text of the Cannibal Hymn in its performative and cultural context: the detailed mythologization of the sacrificial process in this hymn poses key questions about the nature of rites of passage and rituals of sacrifice in Egypt, and in particular about the mobilization of oral accompaniment to ritual actions.
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Hardcover
from Liverpool Univ Pr (June 1, 2002)
9780853236962 | details & prices | 224 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $75.00
About: The Cannibal Hymn forms a self-standing episode in the ritual anthology that makes up the Pyramid Texts, first appearing in the tomb of Unas at the end of the Fifth Dynasty.
About: The Cannibal Hymn forms a self-standing episode in the ritual anthology that makes up the Pyramid Texts, first appearing in the tomb of Unas at the end of the Fifth Dynasty.
Paperback
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from Liverpool Univ Pr (May 1, 2002)
9780853237068 | details & prices | 224 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $32.50
About: The Cannibal Hymn forms a self-standing episode in the ritual anthology that makes up the Pyramid Texts, first appearing in the tomb of Unas at the end of the Fifth Dynasty.
About: The Cannibal Hymn forms a self-standing episode in the ritual anthology that makes up the Pyramid Texts, first appearing in the tomb of Unas at the end of the Fifth Dynasty.
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