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Laddar... When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt (utgåvan 2020)av Kara Cooney (Författare)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Honestly, my expectations were not completely met with Kara Cooney’s new book, "When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt.” Overall, I really loved this book, and Cooney continues to fuel my love for Ancient Egypt — and history in general. Kara Cooney in no way disappointed me with this book. It is well written, very detailed and highly informative. However, I did end up only giving this book a four out of 5 star rating only because of how she structured the book. There were parts of each chapter that could have been taken out of their respective chapters and collated into one chapter at the beginning (I don’t have any specific examples). I also feel that each chapter could have been made into two chapters solely based on how much information Cooney crams into each chapter. Also, on a slightly different note, I feel that the chapter on Hatshepsut could have been a little shorter — it was 61 pages in total — due to the fact that she has written an entire book on Hatshepsut. Despite this, as I mentioned, this book was a well-written book despite not having, in my opinion, the greatest structure. I do not think I can adequately express my feelings for this book. I find Egypt fascinating and love to learn anything I can about its history. I also love women and stories of empowerment and the fight for that power. This encapsulates both. It was well researched, well written and the author did the narration herself and while it wasn't spectacular it was what I expected for something so academic. My biggest complaint is the title of the book. Simply because women hold power occasionally doesn't mean they rule the world. They can't rule the world within a patriarchal society. They may rule for a short time using men's power, and using men's rules, but that doesn't mean they rule. I expected to find signs of matriarchy, or times when women worked to changed the rules, but no, they played within patriarchal rules. Women didn't rule Egypt, but I wish they had. As this book shows, when women rule, even within a patriarchal world, the world is a kinder place. When Women Ruled the World provides an in-depth examination of six female Egyptian rulers who were able to take hold and keep power within Ancient Egypt. The reigns of Merneith, Neferusobek, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Tawosret and Cleopatra are investigated combining strong research and intricate story telling. Author Kara Cooney combines facts along with what was known about the political environment, climate and world affairs at the time to weave a plausible life story of each of these amazing women. With very little sources available, the conditions under which the six women were able to take hold and continue their rule are investigated and connected in many ways to our current political scene in the United States and the realities that women in politics face today. There were also many other comparisons to current life that made the world of the Ancient Egyptians easy to understand. I was very interested in the ways that these women were able to come to power, often at the end of a Dynasty when there was no other choice and when everything seemed to be falling apart, the women were there to pick the pieces up and put things back together. I am by no means an Egypt specialist, but I have always been intrigued by their way of life. The writing style and information was presented in an entertaining way and was easy to understand. Looking at Egypt through the eyes of these six extraordinary women gave a very different view to an often misunderstood and glamorized time of history as well as much insight into how women behave in roles that are still seen as masculine to this day. This book was received for free in return for an honest review. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Women's Studies.
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HTML: This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra??women who ruled with real power??and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon??but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power-brokers and rulers. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today's world learn from its example? Celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney delivers a fascinating tale of female power, exploring the reasons why it has seldom been allowed through the ages, and why we should c Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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The backgrounds of what is known about each period are important and Dr. Cooney frames her narrative with much, as the information on some of these queens is sparser than historians would like. I do appreciate Dr. Cooney using the right language, too, when speculation is the only possible reconstruction: "probably", "may have", "would have".
And I like her grit. And Well, Dr. Cooney writes good books and I plan to check out her one on Hatshepsut (plus I pre-ordered "The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World" coming in November.)
I was curious about some conflicts in the text. Dr. Cooney talks briefly about Cleopatra having Mark Antony have her half-sister Arsinoe killed. But she says "Once the woman was dead - killed in her early thirties..." The information I found was that Arsinoe was 27 when killed. And "Indeed, Jesus of Galilee lived around the same time as Cleopatra and also fought the great Roman Empire in his own way—and he also lost, only to be martyred and later worshipped in his own popular mystery cult." ??? About sixty years later if the biblical stories are to be believed. ( )