The performative structure : : ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I /

The performative structure : : ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I / / by Nils Billing.

In The Performative Structure: Ritualizing the Pyramid of Pepy I , Nils Billing investigates the ancient Egyptian pyramid complex as a performative structure, ritualized through the operative faculty inherent in monumental architecture, text, and image. The main body of research is given over to an...

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Superior document:Harvard Egyptological studies ; v. 4
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Billing, Nils.
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Harvard Egyptological Studies 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 626 pages).
Notes:"This is a lightly revised version of a doctoral thesis in the History of Religions, defended in the spring term of 2013 at the Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University."
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Motto
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Performative Structure
  • Iconicity and Monumentality
  • Image and Architecture—Ritualizing the Pyramid Complex in the Old Kingdom
  • Monumentalizing the Beyond—The Pyramid
  • The Pyramid of Pepy I
  • The Sarcophagus Chamber (P/F)
  • The Passage (P/F-A)
  • The Antechamber (P/A)
  • The Corridor (P/C)
  • The Vestibule (P/V)
  • The Ascending Passage (P/D)
  • The Performative Structure
  • Figures
  • Plans: Thematic Distribution of Texts in the Pyramid of Pepy I
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.

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