Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo

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Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo

Author	: Boaz Shoshan
File Size	: 44,7 Mb
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 16 May 2002
ISBN	: 0521894298
Pages	: 174 pages

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Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo by Boaz Shoshan Book PDF Summary

Elite and that of the people. This book presents a stimulating discussion of a subject previously only touched upon. The author tests his theories against similar phenomena in European society and with reference to several standard authorities in anthropology and social history. Popular culture in medieval Cairo will, therefore, be of interest to students and specialists in Middle Eastern studies and also to medieval historians.

Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo by Boaz Shoshan

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