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Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia : The Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature

by: Harris, R.

Price: 72,49 EURO

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Category: Ancient Egypt / Near Eastern Studies
Code: 17
ISBN-13: 9780806131672 / 978-0-8061-3167-2
ISBN-10: 0806131675 / 0-8061-3167-5
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Date: 2000
Publication Place: Norman
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 288
Book Condition: New
Comments: xvi, 288 p. ; 23 cm. / The life course --Gilgamesh's coming of age --On aging and the elderly --The conflict of generations in ancient Mesopotamian myths --Gendered old age in Enuma Elish --Old(er) women --Images of women in the Gilgamesh epic --

 Gender and aging in Mesopotamia : the Gilgamesh epic and other ancient literature

Author:Rivkah Harris

xvi, 288 pages ; 23 cm


Contents:
The life course
Gilgamesh's coming of age
On aging and the elderly
The conflict of generations in ancient Mesopotamian myths
Gendered old age in Enuma Elish
Old(er) women
Images of women in the Gilgamesh epic
Gender and sexuality in the myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal
The female "sage" in Mesopotamian literature
Inanna-Ishtar as paradox and a coincidence of opposites

 
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Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia : The Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature

by: Harris, R.

  • ISBN-13: 9780806131672 / 978-0-8061-3167-2
  • ISBN-03: 0806131675 / 0-8061-3167-5
  • University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2000

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