Upper Egypt : identity and change / edited by Nicholas Hopkins and Reem Saad.

Papers from the conference entitled Social and Cultural Processes in Upper Egypt held in Aswan in October 2002.

"Dar el Kutub no. 7957/2004"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The region of Upper Egypt : identity and change / Nicholas Hopkins and Reem Saad -- Between myth and reality : the construction of a Sa'idi identity in Cairo / Catherine Miller -- Viewing the world through Upper Egyptian eyes : from regional crisis to global blessing / El-Sayed el-Aswad -- Upper Egypt in modern history : a "southern question"? / Peter Gran -- Upper Egypt 's regional identity : the role and impact of Sufi links / Mark Sedgwick -- Conforming at a distance : the diffusion of Islamic bureaucracy in Upper Egypt / Patrick Gaffney -- Sufi organization in rural Asyut : the Rifa'iyya in Musha / Nicholas Hopkins -- The Khalwatiyya Brotherhood in rural Upper Egypt and in Cairo / Rachida Chih -- Changing family and marriage patterns in an Aswan village / Kirsten Bach -- Constructing the feminine ... and the masculine : child rearing and identity / Hania Sholkamy -- Tribal identity and politics in Aswan Governorate / Hans Christian Korsholm Nielsen -- Social reproduction and social transformation : trade and exchange relations in the rural south / Reem Saad -- Tenants, owners, and sugar cane : Law 96/1992 in Qena and Aswan / Mohamed Abdel Aal -- Luxor : a tale of two cities / Sandrine Gamblin.