The perils of joy : contesting mulid festivals in contemporary Egypt /

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Author / Creator:Schielke, Joska Samuli.
Imprint:Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Contemporary issues in the Middle East
Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11169604
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ISBN:9780815651918
0815651910
9780815633006
0815633009
9780815633006
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Mulids, festivals in honor of Muslim "friends of God," have been part of Muslim religious and cultural life for close to a thousand years. While many Egyptians see mulids as an expression of joy and love for the Prophet Muhammad and his family, many others see them as opposed to Islam, an expression of a backward mentality, a piece of folklore at best. What is it about a mulid that makes it a threat to Islam and modernity in the eyes of some, and an expression of pious devotion in the eyes of others? What makes the celebration of a saint's festival appear in such dramatically different contours? This book offers an investiga­tion, both historical and ethnographic, of conflicting and transforming attitudes towards festivals in Egypt.
Other form:Print version: Schielke, Joska Samuli. Perils of joy. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012

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