Monarchies and nations
Subtitle: globalisation and identity in the Arab states of the Gulf
By: Paul Dresch and James Piscatori, editors.
Contributors: Dresch, Paul.; Piscatori, James P.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Nationalism -- Persian Gulf States; National characteristics, Arab
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : societies, identities and global issues / Paul Dresch; title: Channels of interaction : the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation / Naomi Sakr; title: Dialect and national identity : the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalāt / Clive Holes; title: Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London / Christa Salamandra; title: Transnational connections and national identity : Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat / Madawi Al-Rasheed; title: Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy : citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait / Anh Nga Longva; title: Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates / Paul Dresch; title: Public order and authority : policing Kuwait / Jill Crystal; title: Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert; title: Political actors without the franchise : women and politics in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni, Mary Ann Tétreault; title: Managing God's guests : the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the politics of legitimacy / James Piscatori.