Nubian Ceremonial Life - Studies in Islamic Syncretism and Cultural Change

The building of Egypt's High Dam in the 1960s erased innumerable historic treasures, but it also forever obliterated the ancient land of a living people, the Nubians. In 1963--64, they were removed en masse from their traditional homelands in southern Egypt and resettled

About the author

Now retired, John G. Kennedy is professor emeritus of anthropology and psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he taught for twenty-five years.

ROBERT A. FERNEA is professor emeritus of anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Fernea, John G. Kennedy
• Assisted by: John G Kennedy (Editor), John G. Kennedy (Editor)
• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2006
• EAN: 9789774249556
• ISBN: 978-977-424-955-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories