ISBN:
1848858663
,
9781848858664
Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 311 S
,
graph. Darst
Edition:
New paperback edition
DDC:
320.150953
Keywords:
Nationalism
;
National characteristics, Arab
;
Identität
;
Kulturpolitik
;
Nationalstaat
;
Arabien
;
Golfstaaten
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Golfstaaten
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Globalisierung
;
Golfstaaten
;
Globalisierung
;
Nationalbewusstsein
Abstract:
Introduction : societies, identities and global issues / Paul Dresch --. - Channels of interaction : the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation / Naomi Sakr --. - Dialect and national identity : the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalāt / Clive Holes --. - Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London / Christa Salamandra --. - Transnational connections and national identity : Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat / Madawi Al-Rasheed --. - Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy : citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait / Anh Nga Longva --. - Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates / Paul Dresch --. - Public order and authority : policing Kuwait / Jill Crystal --. - Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert --. - Political actors without the franchise : women and politics in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni, Mary Ann Tétreault --. - Managing God's guests : the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the politics of legitimacy / James Piscatori
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : societies, identities and global issues / Paul Dresch --. - Channels of interaction : the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation / Naomi Sakr --. - Dialect and national identity : the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalāt / Clive Holes --. - Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London / Christa Salamandra --. - Transnational connections and national identity : Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat / Madawi Al-Rasheed --. - Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy : citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait / Anh Nga Longva --. - Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates / Paul Dresch --. - Public order and authority : policing Kuwait / Jill Crystal --. - Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert --. - Political actors without the franchise : women and politics in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni, Mary Ann Tétreault --. - Managing God's guests : the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the polit
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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