TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hopkins,Nicholas
AU  - Saad,Reem
TI  - Upper Egypt: identity and change 
SN  - 9774248643
AV  - HN 786 U68 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cairo ; , New York : 
PB  - American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Egipto
KW  - Condiciones sociales
KW  - Condiciones económicas
KW  - Vida social y costumbres
N1  - 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; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -