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Desire, discord, and death : approaches to ancient Near Eastern myth
- Title
- Desire, discord, and death : approaches to ancient Near Eastern myth / by Neal Walls.
- Author
- Walls, Neal H., 1962-
- Publication
- Boston : American Schools of Oriental Research, c2001.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of Contents
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- Description
- viii, 211 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- ASOR books ; v. 8
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-204) and indexes.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: CHAFvER ONE The Allure of Gilgamesh: The Construction of -- Desire in the Gilgamesh Epic -- INTRODUCTION -- The Construction of Desire: Queering Gilgamesh -- THE EROTIC GILGAMESH -- The Prostitute and the Primal Man: Inciting Desire -- The Gaze of Ishtar: Denying Desire -- Heroic Love: Requiting Desire -- The Death of Desire -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER TWO On the Couch with Horus and Seth: A Freudian -- Analysis (Or, The Case of Pharaoh's Mommy) -- INTRODUCTION -- Oedipus in Ancient Egypt -- A CONTENTIOUS COURT: TWO EPISODES -- The Insult and the Enigma -- Island Intrigue -- THE THREE CONTESTS -- Under the Water -- In the Bed -- On the Boat -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THREE Desire in Death's Realm: Sex, Power, and Violence -- in "Nergal and Ereshkigal" -- INTRODUCTION -- Giving Death its Due -- CRUCIBLE OF DESIRE -- Ereshkigal's Wiles -- A GODDESS SCORNED -- Ereshkigal's Complaint -- TO REIGN IN HELL -- Nergal's Return -- Gender and Power -- CONCLUSION: DESIRE AND DEATH -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- TEXT INDEX.
- Call Number
- *OAS 07-5563
- ISBN
- 0897570561
- 9780897570565
- 0897570553 (pbk.)
- 9780897570558 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2001003236
- OCLC
- 47054657
- Author
- Walls, Neal H., 1962-
- Title
- Desire, discord, and death : approaches to ancient Near Eastern myth / by Neal Walls.
- Imprint
- Boston : American Schools of Oriental Research, c2001.
- Series
- ASOR books ; v. 8
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-204) and indexes.
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- Research Call Number
- *OAS 07-5563