@article{ref1,
title="Popular Culture (Islam, Early and Middle Periods)",
journal="Religion compass",
year="2008",
author="Frenkel, Yehoshua",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="195-225",
abstract="This contribution dwells on popular culture in Mamluk Egypt and Syria. Following a short examination of this topic and of the sources, the study focuses on three themes: the cycle of life, the cycle of the year and sacred topography. Popular manners and customs provoked opposition from religious circles. A condensed delineation of these voices is provided at the closing part of the article.<p />",
language="",
issn="1749-8171",
doi="10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00048.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00048.x"
}