Disjuncture and Global Cultural Flows in Mekkawi Said’s Cairo Swan Song
Khalil, A. (2024). Disjuncture and Global Cultural Flows in Mekkawi Said’s Cairo Swan Song. EKB Journal Management System, 30(30), 32-63. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2024.314308.1376
Azzah Ibrahim Khalil. "Disjuncture and Global Cultural Flows in Mekkawi Said’s Cairo Swan Song". EKB Journal Management System, 30, 30, 2024, 32-63. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2024.314308.1376
Khalil, A. (2024). 'Disjuncture and Global Cultural Flows in Mekkawi Said’s Cairo Swan Song', EKB Journal Management System, 30(30), pp. 32-63. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2024.314308.1376
Khalil, A. Disjuncture and Global Cultural Flows in Mekkawi Said’s Cairo Swan Song. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 30(30): 32-63. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2024.314308.1376

Disjuncture and Global Cultural Flows in Mekkawi Said’s Cairo Swan Song

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Volume 30, Issue 30, October 2024, Page 32-63  XML PDF (741.42 K)
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية
DOI: 10.21608/jfpsu.2024.314308.1376
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Azzah Ibrahim Khalil email
Department of English Language, Faculty of Al-Alsun, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Abstract
   The contemporary interconnectedness among various nations and countries by means of trade, mass media, and technological devices responsible for transmitting commodities, information, and cultural concepts can be regarded as the actual process of globalization. Globalization, therefore, is a cause and result of modernization. Rapid industrialization, smooth exchange of goods and currency across borders and feasibility of instant communication among different parts of the universe facilitate the process of globalization. However, to Appadurai, this process which is the output of correspondence among nations provokes disjuncture within each community.  Appadurai introduces five essential scapes whose interactions engender fragmentation and incoherence. These scapes are ethnoscape, ideaoscape, finanscape, mediascape and technoscape. On one hand, global flow gives rise to several economic opportunities, access to information, and cultural exchange. On the other hand, it similarly generates disruptions, disparity, and suspicion, for example, of the fading of local identities and diminishing of healthy environment. The present paper aims to discuss the various aspects of globalization, especially in Cairo through the novel of Mekkawwy Said Cairo Swan Song, emphasizing the elements of disjuncture and confusion within the Egyptian community during the span of the novel.
تعد العولمة ظاهرة حديثة تتعلق بعملية التواصل المتبادل بين كافة الشعوب من خلال التجارة الدولية ووسائل الإعلام الحديثة والتقنيات التكنولوجية المسئولة عن نقل السلع، وتداول المعلومات والمفاهيم الثقافية عبر القارات.     لذلك تعتبر العولمة سببا ونتيجة للمعاصرة في نفس الوقت. إن التطور السريع في الصناعة وعملية تبادل البضائع والعملات عبر الحدود ناهيك عن الاتصال الفوري بين مختلف البلدان أدى إلى انتشار العولمة بسرعة كبيرة. على الناحية الأخرى يرى أبادوراي أن العولمة رغم إنها نتاج التقارب بين الشعوب إلا إنها تؤدي إلى شكل من الانشقاق في المجتمع نفسه، ويقدم أبادوراي خمسة أنماط من العولمة تؤدي تداخل مساراتها إلى التفكك والصراع رغم كونها مسارات تقاربية؛ تلك المسارات هي المسار العرقي، والأيديولوجي، والمالي، والإعلامي والتقني. يتيح التدفق العالمي للشعوب الكثير من الفرص الاقتصادية، واستخلاص المعلومات وكذلك التبادل الثقافي، ولكنه من الناحية الأخرى، يولد الانشقاق والاختلاف والريبة من بعض الأمور مثل فقدان الهوية المحلية أو اندثار البيئة الصحية. يهدف البحث إلى تناول الأشكال المختلفة للعولمة في مدينة القاهرة من خلال رواية مكاوي سعيد تغريدة البجعة، وذلك للتأكيد على حالة التفكك والارتباك الوليدة في المجتمع المصري خلال أحداث الرواية.
Keywords
العولمة; الانشقاق; التدفق الثقافي العالمي; مكاوي سعيد; تغريدة البجعة; Globalization; global cultural flow; disjuncture; Mekkawwy Said; Cairo Sawn Song
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