Entangled in Orientalism: How the Hyksos Became a Race

2018/10/08 by Danielle Candelora · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #Anthropological Studies and Insights #Scholarship #Orientalism #Appeal #Race (biology) #TRACE (psycholinguistics) #Historiography #Context (archaeology) #Sociology #History #Gender studies #Literature #Political science #Philosophy #Art #Law #Linguistics #Archaeology

paper · doi:10.1163/18741665-12340042

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Abstract

Abstract This paper presents a historiographical critique of Hyksos scholarship and the impact of Imperialism and Orientalism on the foundations of such studies. I trace the creation and maintenance of the misconception of the Hyksos as a race through the scholarship, examining the context and influences behind the research, and discuss the appeal of new scientific techniques for the question of Hyksos origins.

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