Book
Structure and authority in a Bedouin tribe: the 'Aishabit of the Western Desert of Egypt
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Obermeyer, Gerald Joseph.
Abstract
This study, based on the data collected by the author during the period of his fieldwork from June 1964 to May 1965, is an analysis of the political structure, authority, and leadership roles in the relatively permanent 'Aishaibat Bedouin coastal community of al-Qasr, near the town of Marsa Matruh in the Western Desert of the United Arab Republic (Egypt). As a background for this political analysis, the author presents a general cultural history of the Libyan Bedouin dating from 639 AD with the Arab conquests of Egypt up to 1965, at the time of the author's fieldwork. Additional supplementary materials relates to social change, land use, land tenure and rights of ownership, kinship and marriage patterns and the specific history of settlement in al-Qasr. Obermeyer draws his data together in a concise summary chapter which concludes this work (p. 320 ff.).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Northern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1974
- Field Date
- 1964-1965
- Coverage Date
- 1964-1965
- Coverage Place
- Marsa Matruh area, Egypt
- Notes
- Gerald Joseph Obermeyer
- UM 69-10,572
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-344)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Indiana University, 1968
- LCSH
- Bedouins