Book
Growing up in an Egyptian village: Silwa, Province of Aswan
Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd. • London • Published In 1954 • Pages: xvii, 316
By: 'Ammār, Ḥāmid.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study of the social and psychological aspects of education in the village community of Silwa. A discussion of the economy, social organization and religion is followed by an analysis of socialization from infancy to marriage and adulthood. Children's play, games and folk tales are described and analyzed in some detail. The appendices include results of psychological tests administered by the author. This is the first study of child training in a village community which is dominated by the Islamic tradition. (The author was born in Silwa and his personal connections permitted a high degree of participation in the community life.) Although the village is relatively isolated and conservative, influences from urban areas are being felt. The author includes a discussion of social change, especially the impact of modern schooling on the village culture. Throughout an interdisciplinary approach is used (anthropological, sociological and psychological).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Division of labor by gender
- Community structure
- Tillage
- Occupational specialization
- Daily routine
- Household
- Status, role, and prestige
- Real property
- Childhood activities
- Nuclear family
- Visiting and hospitality
- Extended families
- Lineages
- Territorial hierarchy
- Settlement patterns
- Cultural identity and pride
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Techniques of socialization
- Educational theory and methods
- Marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fellahin
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Anthropologist
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hamed Ammar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-308)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54004087
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Villages--Egypt--Case studies Silwa Bahari