'Brothers' or Others?: Propriety and Gender for Muslim Arab Sudanese in EgyptBerghahn Books, 1. 3. 2008 - Počet stran: 204 Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egypt and Sudan. Although the government and official press describes them as "brothers" in a united Nile Valley, recent political developments in Egypt have underscored the precarious legal status of Sudanese in Cairo. Neither citizens nor foreigners, they are in an uncertain position, created in part through an unusual ethnic discourse which does not draw principally on obvious characteristics of difference. This rich ethnographic study shows instead that Sudanese ethnic identity is created from deeply held social values, especially those concerning gender and propriety, shared by Sudanese and Egyptian communities. The resulting ethnic identity is ambiguous and flexible, allowing Sudanese to voice their frustrations and make claims for their own uniqueness while acknowledging the identity that they share with the dominant Egyptian community. |
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... particularly in the southern region. It is telling that marginalized Sudanese, especially those from the 'south', refer to all members of this elite as 'arab, 'Arabs'. In contrast, the terms Muslim Arab 'Sudanese' used to label members ...
... particularly complex task because of the multiple categories of belonging that both structure and are shaped by this aspect of their social identity. As Muslims, these Sudanese 'know' themselves to be part of a rich historical and ...
... particularly for women (Boddy 1989; Malti-Douglas 1991; Ahmed 1992). As a social category, gender in the Arab world shares certain themes, glossed as honour and shame, patrilineality, polygyny, and gender segregation (AbuLughod 1993 ...
... particularly those residing in countries that do not have clear integration policies, are most often hidden, marginalized, or both. Cairo, like other cities in the Middle East, has a rich history of immigration but as the modern state ...
... particularly where the subject matter deals with topics sensitive to the Egyptian state (the study of Sudanese–Egyptian relations could be seen as sensitive). Therefore, I avoided surveys, questionnaires, focus groups, and other ...
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Part IIModernity and Otherness | 51 |
Chapter 3Creating Foreigners Becoming Exiles | 53 |
Chapter 4Presenting Sudanese Differences | 77 |
Part IIINeither Brothers nor Others | 95 |
Chapter 5Muslim Arab Adab and Sudanese Ethnicity | 97 |
Chapter 6A Sudanese Culture of Exile in Cairo | 121 |
Chapter 7Gender Diaspora and Transformation | 151 |
Bibliography | 171 |
Index | 179 |
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