ISBN:
9780804756266
,
9780804756273
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 244 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
DDC:
953.53
Keywords:
Collective memory
;
Islam
;
Social change
;
Petroleum industry and trade Social aspects
;
Bahlāʼ (Oman) Social life and customs
;
Oman
;
Stadt
;
Gesellschaftsleben
;
Erdölindustrie
Abstract:
In the dreamtime of oil : wealth and development in an anomalous time -- Now, the police only drive : remembering rule and disorder in Bahla -- In the eye of the neighbor, there is fire : hazards and histories of sociality -- Circles of knowledge : religious learning, pious pasts, and alternative sociality -- Senses of water : nostalgia, private ownership, and bodily privacy -- Becoming Bahlawi : race, genealogy, and the politics of Arabness -- Perhaps he has a son : succession, depletion, and the uncertain future
Description / Table of Contents:
In the dreamtime of oil : wealth and development in an anomalous time -- Now, the police only drive : remembering rule and disorder in Bahla -- In the eye of the neighbor, there is fire : hazards and histories of sociality -- Circles of knowledge : religious learning, pious pasts, and alternative sociality -- Senses of water : nostalgia, private ownership, and bodily privacy -- Becoming Bahlawi : race, genealogy, and the politics of Arabness -- Perhaps he has a son : succession, depletion, and the uncertain future.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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