identity and change Hopkins, Nicholas editor Saad, Reem editor text ua Cairo New York American University in Cairo Press 2004 monographic eng

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xiii, 289 pages : maps ; 23 cm Upper Egypt (the Sa'id) is often portrayed as a source of disruption and unpredictability in the broader Egyptian system. This book corrects that image by laying out the order in the meaningful life of Upper Egyptians. The region of Upper Egypt : identity and change / Nicholas Hopkins and Reem Saad -- Between myth and reality : the construction of a Sa'idi identity in Cairo / Catherine Miller -- Viewing the world through Upper Egyptian eyes : from regional crisis to global blessing / El-Sayed el-Aswad -- Upper Egypt in modern history : a "southern question"? / Peter Gran -- Upper Egypt 's regional identity : the role and impact of Sufi links / Mark Sedgwick -- Conforming at a distance : the diffusion of Islamic bureaucracy in Upper Egypt / Patrick Gaffney -- Sufi organization in rural Asyut : the Rifa'iyya in Musha / Nicholas Hopkins -- The Khalwatiyya Brotherhood in rural Upper Egypt and in Cairo / Rachida Chih -- Changing family and marriage patterns in an Aswan village / Kirsten Bach -- Constructing the feminine ... and the masculine : child rearing and identity / Hania Sholkamy -- Tribal identity and politics in Aswan Governorate / Hans Christian Korsholm Nielsen -- Social reproduction and social transformation : trade and exchange relations in the rural south / Reem Saad -- Tenants, owners, and sugar cane : Law 96/1992 in Qena and Aswan / Mohamed Abdel Aal -- Luxor : a tale of two cities / Sandrine Gamblin. edited by Nicholas Hopkins and Reem Saad. Papers from the conference entitled Social and Cultural Processes in Upper Egypt held in Aswan in October 2002. "Dar el Kutub no. 7957/2004"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Egipto Condiciones sociales Egipto Condiciones económicas Egipto Vida social y costumbres HN 786 U68 2004 9774248643 9789774248641 DKDLA 091118 20240704152130.0 77651 dan