´Brothers´ or Others?: Propriety and Gender for Muslim Arab Sudanese in Egypt
Anita H. Fábos
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Paperback. 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 Sudanes Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBS; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Forced Migration
Condition
New
Weight
267g
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845459895
SKU
V9781845459895
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99-15
About Anita H. Fábos
Anita H. Fábos is an anthropologist whose work focuses on refugees and the nexus of ethnicity, race and gender in the Middle East. In addition to conducting research together with Sudanese individuals and families in Cairo and elsewhere in the Sudanese diaspora, she explores livelihood and identity strategies for urban forced migrants, refugee transnationalism, and refugee narratives and the state. ... Read more
Reviews for ´Brothers´ or Others?: Propriety and Gender for Muslim Arab Sudanese in Egypt
“This book is a welcome contribution to anthropological debate and to the scant work on Sudanese transnational mobility.” · American Ethnologist “In addition to writing a thoroughly engaging ethnography of Sudanese residents in Cairo, Fábos makes an important contribution to our understanding of the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender in the construction of diaspora identities” · African ... Read more