2019
DOI: 10.1017/s0959774319000258
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Toward a Study of the Poor and Poverty in Ancient Egypt: Preliminary Thoughts

Abstract: Poverty in ancient Egypt remains a rarely-studied subject. For decades Egyptologists have focused their attention mainly on the so-called ‘elite’, while the poor, their housing, their possessions, their diet, or their cultural values, remain largely in the shadows. Although they are much less visible archaeologically, they were much more numerous than the wealthy. Despite these circumstances, ancient Egypt provides a good starting point for discussing how to approach poverty during antiquity, as there are arch… Show more

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“…This claim accords with our evidence which seems to suggest that even if there were little traditions, they were not efficacious to the degree that is to be found in Scott's case studies. Recent attempts that focus on the study of the poor in ancient Egypt have noted that even though it seems that by necessity the poor had to diverge from ideal elite norms in their practices, “the poor [nevertheless] subscribed to elite values” (Driaux, 2020, p. 13). In his case studies, Scott argues that “often the rebels made use of the egalitarian strains within the major religions of Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity to confront a social order in which all believers were decidedly not equal” (Scott, 1977a, p. 17).…”
Section: The Utility Of the Concept Of Internal Critique For The Studmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This claim accords with our evidence which seems to suggest that even if there were little traditions, they were not efficacious to the degree that is to be found in Scott's case studies. Recent attempts that focus on the study of the poor in ancient Egypt have noted that even though it seems that by necessity the poor had to diverge from ideal elite norms in their practices, “the poor [nevertheless] subscribed to elite values” (Driaux, 2020, p. 13). In his case studies, Scott argues that “often the rebels made use of the egalitarian strains within the major religions of Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity to confront a social order in which all believers were decidedly not equal” (Scott, 1977a, p. 17).…”
Section: The Utility Of the Concept Of Internal Critique For The Studmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Artigos mais contemporâneos têm se voltado para a não-elite, mas, ao fazer um panorama sobre como estudá-la ou estimular uma reflexão sobre a "pobreza" no Antigo Egito, a questão sobre a definição do termo "não-elite" não é proposta (e. g. Ambridge, 2007;Driaux, 2019). No caso de Lindsay Ambridge em seu artigo Searching History: The Non-Elite in Ancient Egypt (2007), a autora apenas faz um panorama sobre os estudos de grupos sociais subalternos através da história social e cultural utilizando a vila de Deir el-Medina como exemplo para apontar essas ideias no Reino Novo (Ambridge, 2007: 640).…”
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“…Por outro lado, Delphine Driaux (2019) utiliza iconografias e textos produzidos pela elite em conjunto com vestígios arqueológicos para indicar uma abordagem preliminar sobre o estudo da pobreza no Antigo Egito. Contudo, seu trabalho apresenta algumas inconsistências.…”
Section: Acompanhamentos Funeráriosunclassified
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