Cargando…
'Brothers' or others? : propriety and gender for Muslim Arab Sudanese in Egypt /
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 devel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Berghahn Books,
2008.
|
| Colección: | Studies in forced migration ;
v. 22. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 inst. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 188 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857450241 0857450247 0857453866 9780857453860 1282626752 9781282626751 9786612626753 6612626755 |