Meskell, L.M. & R.A. Joyce. 2003. Embodied lives. Figuring ancient Maya and Egyptian experience. – London/New York, Routledge

Abstract

In the midst of a constant call for multidisciplinary work, Meskell and Joyce have created a study which truly crosses cultures, millennia, and disciplines. As they examine the ideas of personhood and bodies in both the Egyptian New Kingdom and Classical Maya, they create “an experiment in comparative analysis,” from a phenomenological and feminist perspective, hoping to expose “unexamined postulates” (p. 1). The study is archaeologically based, hoping to reach, via material remains, the non-elite that are not often represented in textual or iconographic sources, although the discussion of the book frequently relies on iconography. Read more...