book chapter
Nubians in Egypt: peaceful people
Nubian ethnographies, by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and Robert A. Fernea with Aleya Rouchdy • Prospect Heights, Ill. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 121-179
By: Fernea, Robert A. (Robert Alan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study discusses the continuity of core elements of Nubian culture in the face of massive outmigration of adult men (and to some extent women) in search of employment in Egyptian cities and the resettlement of entire communities in new government-planned villages during the construction of the Aswan High Dam. The people relied on culturally-expected rights and obligations in providing assistance to individuals, family members and kin groups, thereby successfully maintaining a collective identity as a culturally and linguistically distinct community.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Cultural identity and pride
- Urban and rural life
- Real property
- Gift giving
- Labor supply and employment
- Mutual aid
- Sodalities
- Kin relationships
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nubians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Aswan Governate, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert A. Fernea
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94187985
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nubians--Egypt