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Religion and folk cosmology : scenarios of the visible and invisible in rural Egypt / el-Sayed el-Aswad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- El-Aswad, el-Sayed, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Egypt.
- Folklore.
- Islamic cosmology.
- Ethnophilosophy.
- Egypt.
- Ethnophilosophy--Egypt.
- Islamic cosmology--Egypt.
- Egypt--Rural conditions.
- Rural conditions.
- Egypt--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 206 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Summary:
- Examines Egyptian folk and sanctified cosmology, a system of meanings built on the dynamics of the visible and invisible, which is enacted in different courses of public and private scenarios. Its internal dynamics create a particular sense of identity attached to both the local and global Muslim community (ummah).
- Contents:
- 2 The Village in a Sociocosmic Context 22
- 3 The Cosmos: The Visible and the Invisible 60
- 4 The Hierarchical Microcosm: Visible and Invisible Aspects of the Person 86
- 5 Symbolic Exchange, Gender, and Cosmological Forces 109
- 6 Multiple Worlds 144.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0897899245
- OCLC:
- 49495080
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