Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Peasants--Egypt
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Villages--Egypt--Case studies Silwa Bahari
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Peasantry--Egypt
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Egypt--Social life and customs
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Fellachen
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Fellachen
Abstract:
The Fellahin collection covers historical, cultural and economic information mostly from the 1910s-1970s, with some dating back to the first half of the nineteenth century. Three books in the collection stand out as the basic sources on the Fellahin. The first is a book by Ammar, a native Fellahin scholar which analyzes the social and psychological aspects of education in Silwa, a Fellahin village in Aswan Province where the author grew up. The second is a detailed ethnographic account of the Upper Egyptian Fellahin as observed by a British anthropologist, Blackman, in 1920-1926. The third is a study of ethos and psychology in Lower and Middle Egypt by a Syrian Catholic priest, Ayrout, who lived among the Fellahin in Lowe and Middle Egypt in early 1930s. Together, these three sources cover a wide variety of themes including family life, community organization, class divisions, economic activities, trade, religious practices, socialization and culture change, circa 1920s-1950s. The collection also includes an account by a nineteenth century German physician, Klunzinger, which provides a rich description of religious and secular festivals and ceremonies in Upper Egypt as observed in 1863-1875. This document is the oldest document in the collection, covering useful information relating to religious processions, entertainments, costumes, dances and music. Documents by Rasoul and Hopkins focus on spirits and traditional medicinal practices with particular reference to women and spirit possession, while a document by Blackman focuses on the conception of illness. Aother document, by Bush, focuses on agrarian transformations that occurred in rural Egypt beginning from 1980s when President Mubarak, reversing Nasser's brand of socialism, introduced liberalization, including laws allowing for agricultural land to be sold and bought. Bush's work especially focuses on the impact of liberalization on the land rights and security of Fellahin families
Note:
Culture summary: Fellahin - Teferi Abate Adem - 2011 -- - Growing up in an Egyptian village: Silwa, Province of Aswan - Hamed Ammar - 1954 -- - The fella¯hi¯n of Upper Egypt: their social and industrial life today with special reference to survivals from ancient times - Winifred S. Blackman - 1927 -- - The Fellaheen - Henry Habib Ayrout ; Translated by Hilary Wayment ; with a foreword by M. Taher Pasha - 1945 -- - The Karin and Karineh - Winifred S. Blackman - 1926 -- - Zar in Egypt - Kawthar Abdel Rasoul - 1955 -- - Upper Egypt: its people and its products - C. B. Klunzinger ; Preface by Georg Schweinfurth - 1878 -- - Politics, power and poverty: twenty years of agricultural reform and market liberalisation in Egypt - Ray Bush - 2007 -- - Spirit mediumship in Upper Egypt - Nicholas S. Hopkins - 2007
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