John P Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 140357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John P Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | John P |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University in Cairo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Togetherness in Denmark
This article defines Danish togetherness, putting it in the context of Danish social and political history, and placing particular emphasis on the gradual development of Denmark’s homogeneity, on the growth of national awareness, on aspects of social capital, and on the central role of education as enlightenment in the process of democratisation. It describes the Danish school system as conceived by Grundtvig and presents ways in which togetherne…
Mid-Holocene bifacial tradition evidenced in Augila Oasis, Cyrenaica, Libya
This article considers three lithic artefacts (two sidescrapers and a gouge or plane) discovered at Augila Oasis, located in Cyrenaica along the dried riverbed of Wadi Nashoof and once directly in the line of the Western Desert trade and pilgrimage route. The three Augila tools belong to the so-called bifacial tradition, which spread in the eastern Sahara during the mid-Holocene, from c. 6000 to 4800 BC, and find parallels among the mid-Holocene …
IDA Goals Questioned
Island of the Blest
Island of the Blest
Sex and Symbol in the Treatment of Women
The position of women in a Libyan oasis community is considered in relation to thirteen hundred years of Muslim Arab influence. The focus is the treatment of women in the ritual context of the wedding and wedding dance, where ambivalence, contradiction, and accommodation between the two sexual worlds are highlighted in action and symbol. There is an illusive quality in both the symbolic content of the wedding rite and the male-oriented ideology o…
Sex and Symbol in the Treatment of Women
The position of women in a Libyan oasis community is considered in relation to thirteen hundred years of Muslim Arab influence. The focus is the treatment of women in the ritual context of the wedding and wedding dance, where ambivalence, contradiction, and accommodation between the two sexual worlds are highlighted in action and symbol. There is an illusive quality in both the symbolic content of the wedding rite and the male-oriented ideology o…
Sex and Symbol in the Treatment of Women
The position of women in a Libyan oasis community is considered in relation to thirteen hundred years of Muslim Arab influence. The focus is the treatment of women in the ritual context of the wedding and wedding dance, where ambivalence, contradiction, and accommodation between the two sexual worlds are highlighted in action and symbol. There is an illusive quality in both the symbolic content of the wedding rite and the male-oriented ideology o…
Island of the Blest
Island of the Blest
IDA Goals Questioned
Mid-Holocene bifacial tradition evidenced in Augila Oasis, Cyrenaica, Libya
This article considers three lithic artefacts (two sidescrapers and a gouge or plane) discovered at Augila Oasis, located in Cyrenaica along the dried riverbed of Wadi Nashoof and once directly in the line of the Western Desert trade and pilgrimage route. The three Augila tools belong to the so-called bifacial tradition, which spread in the eastern Sahara during the mid-Holocene, from c. 6000 to 4800 BC, and find parallels among the mid-Holocene …
Togetherness in Denmark
This article defines Danish togetherness, putting it in the context of Danish social and political history, and placing particular emphasis on the gradual development of Denmark’s homogeneity, on the growth of national awareness, on aspects of social capital, and on the central role of education as enlightenment in the process of democratisation. It describes the Danish school system as conceived by Grundtvig and presents ways in which togetherne…
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