{"product_id":"mummy-eaters-paperback","title":"Mummy Eaters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherry Shenoda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2022 Longlist for the National Book Awards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Sherry Shenoda's collection \u003ci\u003eMummy Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e follows in the footsteps of an imagined ancestor, one of the daughters of the house of Akhenaten in the Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt. Shenoda forges an imagined path through her ancestor's mummification and journey to the afterlife. Parallel to this exploration run the implications of colonialism on her passage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The mythology of the ancient Egyptians was oriented toward resurrection through the preservation of the human body in mummification. Shenoda juxtaposes this reverence for the human body as sacred matter and a pathway to eternal life with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European fascination with ingesting Egyptian human remains as medicine and using exhumed Egyptian mummies as paper, paint, and fertilizer. Today Egyptian human remains are displayed in museums. Much of \u003ci\u003eMummy Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e is written as a call and response, in the Coptic tradition, between the imagined ancestor and the author as descendant.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherry Shenoda\u003c\/b\u003e is a Coptic poet and pediatrician, born in Cairo, living near Los Angeles. Working at the intersection of human rights and child health, she serves as a pediatrician in a nonprofit health center. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lightkeeper: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691955753023,"sku":"9781496232540","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ba85f45b69d84a2ecbff825f7c46d57c.webp?v=1764993735","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/mummy-eaters-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}