Book
The fellāhīn of Upper Egypt: their social and industrial life today with special reference to survivals from ancient times
George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. • London • Published In 1927 • Pages:
By: Blackman, Winifred S. (Winifred Susan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This volume is a general ethnography of the Fellahin of Upper Egypt. In general it is a very detailed and precise account. It is particularly rich on rites of passage, folk religion, technology and material culture, magic, beliefs about the soul, rituals and general economic life. The final chapter is devoted to a comparison of certain aspects of modern Fellahin culture to that of ancient Egypt in order to show cultural conservatism and continuity in the Nile Valley.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Domesticated animals
- Tillage
- Outbuildings
- Water supply
- Ethos
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Property offenses
- Mythology
- Revelation and divination
- Family relationships
- Division of labor by gender
- Regulation of marriage
- Normal garb
- Status, role, and prestige
- Spirits and gods
- Theory of disease
- Regulation of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Conception
- Eschatology
- Burial practices and funerals
- Priesthood
- Division of labor by gender
- Ceramic technology
- Ethnic stratification
- Labor and leisure
- Division of labor by gender
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1920-1926
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1927
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Winifred S. Blackman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 28011749
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peasantry--Egypt
- Egypt--Social life and customs