Nile Crossings: Hospitality and Revenge in Egyptian Rural Narratives

Nile Crossings: Hospitality and Revenge in Egyptian Rural Narratives

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Nile Crossings: Hospitality and Revenge in Egyptian Rural Narratives

dc.contributor.author	Granara, William E.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-07T21:17:33Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Granara, William E. 2010. Nile Crossings: hospitality and revenge in Egyptian rural narratives. Journal of Arabic Literature 41(1-2): 121-135.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0085-2376	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1570-064x	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9882639
dc.description.abstract	This essay looks at acts of hospitality and revenge as constituent elements of a broad social code in rural Egyptian narratives. By looking at five stories in particular, I argue that hospitality and revenge work in complementarity, and that they often trespass and blur each other’s social and literary borders, creating ambiguity and complexity in the stories. The traditional rules that govern hospitality are at times challenged or inverted by hostile intentions, and revenge may be exacted for common or personal well-being. Also, the Nile River, richly symbolic of Egyptian history and identity, plays a vital role in situating the self, in all its pristine, bifurcated, and sullied forms.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Brill	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1163/157006410X486765	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.subject	Nile	en_US
dc.subject	identity	en_US
dc.subject	revenge	en_US
dc.subject	hospitality	en_US
dc.subject	Egyptian short story	en_US
dc.title	Nile Crossings: Hospitality and Revenge in Egyptian Rural Narratives	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Version of Record	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Arabic Literature	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Granara, William E.
dc.date.available	2012-11-07T21:17:33Z