| Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo Revised Edition Contributor(s): Shoshan, Boaz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521894298 ISBN-13: 9780521894296 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: This is the first book-length study of popular culture in a medieval Islamic city. Dr. Shoshan draws together a wealth of Arabic sources to explore popular religion against the background of the growing influence of Sufism, an important biography of Muhammad that was suppressed by the learned, and the origins and popular practices of the annual Nawruz festival. He also assesses the political beliefs and economic expectations of the Carene commoners and the complex relationship between the culture of the elite and that of the people of Cairo. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) |
| Dewey: 962.160 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.14" W x 9.1" (0.57 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |