Descript |
vii, 311p. ; 24 cm |
Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Contents |
Introduction: societies, identities and global issues -- Channels of interaction: the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation -- Dialect and national identity: the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalat -- Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London -- Transnational connections and national identity: Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat -- Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy: citizens, expatriates and the sicio-political systems in Kuwait -- Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates -- Public order and authority: policing Kuwait -- Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman -- Political actors without the franchise: women and politics in Kuwait -- Managing god's guests: the Pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the politics of legitimacy |
Subject |
National characteristics, Arab
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Nationalism -- Persian gulf states
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Alt Author |
Piscatori, James
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Dresch, Paul
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ISBN |
9781848858664 |
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