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Desire, discord, and death : approaches to ancient Near Eastern myth / by Neal Walls

Author
Walls, Neal H., 1962-
Published
Boston : American Schools of Oriental Research, [2001]
Copyright Date
©2001
Physical Description
viii, 211 pages ; 24 cm.

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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.
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0897570561
0897570553 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-204) and indexes.
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UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the William R. Slater Fund; 20056.
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William A. Slater Fund
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