Chargement en cours…

The insecure city : space, power, and mobility in Beirut /

Urban anthropologist Kristin Monroe takes urban anthropology in a new and meaningful direction--the story of traffic in the Middle East, focusing on Beirut. As bombs reappeared recently following an impasse between competing political groups and their international backers, residents of the city wer...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Monroe, Kristin V., 1974- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: exploring mobility in Beirut
  • The privatized city
  • The space of war
  • Politics and public space
  • Securing Beirut
  • The "chaos" of driving
  • "There is no state."