TY - BOOK AU - Early,Evelyn A. TI - Baladi Women of Cairo: Playing with an Egg and a Stone SN - 9781685859312 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Middle Eastern Studies KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Map of the Bulaq Abu 'Ala Quarter of Cairo --; 1 Spontaneous Performance and Everyday Life --; 2 The Industrial Quarter of Bulaq Abu 'Ala: Mameluke Playground Turned Proletarian Forge --; 3 To Be Baladi Is to Be Savvy: Playing with an Egg and a Stone Without Breaking the Egg --; 4 Popular Baladi Islam: Processions and Vows --; 5 Baladi Performance: "Let Me Tell You What Happened" --; 6 Daily Life and Well-Being --; 7 Conclusion --; Glossary --; References --; Index --; About the Book and the Author; restricted access N2 - Based on more than three years of work among traditional urban Egyptian women, Early's work reveals important cultural themes by minimizing the reflective gaze of the researcher and allowing spontaneous discourse and narrative recountings to "catch" culture in action UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685859312 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685859312 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685859312/original ER -