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).
Abstract
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.
- Subjects
- 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
- culture
- Fellahin
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962
- Field Date
- 1920-1926
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1927
- Coverage Place
- Egypt
- Notes
- Winifred S. Blackman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 28011749
- LCSH
- Peasantry--Egypt
- Egypt--Social life and customs