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Baladi Women of Cairo : Playing with an Egg and a Stone / Evelyn A. Early.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (217 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685859312
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685859312

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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