Ideal Woman, Offensive Woman. Female Transgression in Ancient Egypt

Authors

  • Marc Orriols Llonch Institut d’Estudis del Pròxim Orient Antic, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Keywords:

Ancient Egypt, feminine transgression, texts, ideal woman

Abstract

Literary writing in Ancient Egypt was a male privilege. They were documents not only written by men but also for men. In them we find women appearing as a passive figure. Teaching and tales, both with educational purposes, indirectly show the correct manners in which all good Egyptian women were to behave. So, from a thorough analysis of these texts we can extrapolate the behaviour rules for women, obviously established by men. The result is applied to non-literary texts to confirm whether Egyptian women really followed the stated rules, or on the contrary, transgressed them.
Lectora 18

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Published

2012-11-05

Issue

No. 18 (2012): Desorden y transgresión en el mundo antiguo

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