Monarchies and nations : globalisation and identity in the Arab states of the Gulf / edited by Paul Dresch and James Piscatori.

Contributor(s): Dresch, Paul [editor.] | Piscatori, James P [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: vii, 311 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781848858664; 1848858663Subject(s): Nationalism -- Persian Gulf States | National characteristics, Arab | National characteristics, Arab | Nationalism | Middle East -- Persian Gulf StatesDDC classification: 320.150953,MON LOC classification: DS247.A138 | M66 2013
Contents:
Introduction : societies, identities and global issues / Paul Dresch (Page-1), Channels of interaction : the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation / Naomi Sakr (Page-34), Dialect and national identity : the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalāt / Clive Holes (Page-52), Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London / Christa Salamandra (Page-73), Transnational connections and national identity : Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat / Madawi Al-Rasheed (Page-96), Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy : citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait / Anh Nga Longva (Page-114), Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates / Paul Dresch (Page-136), Public order and authority : policing Kuwait / Jill Crystal (Page-158), Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert (Page-182), Political actors without the franchise : women and politics in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni, Mary Ann Tétreault (Page-203), Managing God's guests : the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the politics of legitimacy / James Piscatori (Page-222).
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Introduction : societies, identities and global issues / Paul Dresch (Page-1), Channels of interaction : the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation / Naomi Sakr (Page-34), Dialect and national identity : the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalāt / Clive Holes (Page-52), Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London / Christa Salamandra (Page-73), Transnational connections and national identity : Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat / Madawi Al-Rasheed (Page-96), Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy : citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait / Anh Nga Longva (Page-114), Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates / Paul Dresch (Page-136), Public order and authority : policing Kuwait / Jill Crystal (Page-158), Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert (Page-182), Political actors without the franchise : women and politics in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni, Mary Ann Tétreault (Page-203), Managing God's guests : the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the politics of legitimacy / James Piscatori (Page-222).

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