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Cross-glocalization: Syrian women immigrants and the founding of women's magazines in Egypt / Zachs, Fruma

Zachs, Fruma	Journal Article
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2014.

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Despite the presence of women's migration from Syria to Egypt, until recently the extent of their contribution and influence has received insufficient attention. This paper aims to feminize the narrative of migration from Syria to Egypt by positioning women more centrally in this narrative through their cultural activities, especially the establishment of women's magazines. The Syrian/Lebanese and Egyptian phases of these women's lives are treated as a continuum and it is shown that their home life experience in Syria shaped their later life in Egypt. Conceptually, the paper envisions the diffusion of ideas resulting from the migration of Syrian women to Egypt towards the end of the nineteenth century as a process of regionalization, which is termed cross-glocalization.

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Syria ; Egypt ; Women's Migration ; Women's Magazines ; Syrian Women

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Labour, migrancy and urbanization in South Africa and India, 19 / Bonner, Phil

Bonner, Phil	Journal Article
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2009.

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This article compares labour migrancy and urbanization in several of the leading cities of South Africa and India. It begins by noting the pervasiveness of single male oscillating labour migration between rural areas and city employment in both societies up until the 1950s, despite fundamentally different institutional and political arrangement in each state. It highlights and explores the issues of social structure and culture in both societies, both pre-colonial and colonial, in explaining the dynamics of migrancy and urbanization, including which sections of village society migrated and with what effects. The article explores different modes of living in and adapting to urban environments, and particularly the different social trajectory of women and youth in both societies and the implications of each for social stability. It finally asks why historians and other social scientists have adopted such distinctive approaches to each society.

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India ; South Africa ; Urbanization ; Juvenile Delinquency ; Labour Migrancy ; Migrant Culture ;
Women's Migration ; Women's Urbanization

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