Consuming Bodies

This article explores the legacy of ancient Egypt in popular culture, from the 19th century onwards - through the theme of consumption. A range of media is covered including literature, film and performance. I argue that Egypt has been a constant mirror for contemporary culture in terms of the body, sexuality and the Orient. In the West, Egyptian bodies have always been consumed, literally or metaphorically and in the 1990s a commodified Egypt has to extend beyond normative sexuality. Thus, Egypt has to be queered and to illustrate this ultimate process of othering I consider the film, Stargate

Aesthetics · Art · Commodification · Consumption (sociology · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Literature · Normative · Sociology · Theme (computing · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Gender Studies · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Philosophy

• Sexual Effects

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• Romancing the Stones

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• Horror and Fascination with the Eternal Body

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• Dissolving the Other

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• Monstrously Feminine

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• Sexuality Studies in Archaeology

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• That Obscure Object of Desire

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• Bodies that matter

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• Saint Foucault

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• Queer Performativity

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• Bodies That Matter

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• Survival as a Social Construct

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