Cultivating the past, living the modern the politics of time in the Sultanate of Oman

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"Centered in Muscat and Nizwa, the book analyzes the relations with the past that undergird the shift in Oman from an Ibadi shari'a Imamate (1913-1958) to a modern nation state from 1970 onwards. Key locales and objects become sites for tracking transformations in forms of history, religio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sachedina, Amal, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2021
Temas:
Material culture > Political aspects > Oman.
Material culture > Social aspects > Oman.
Cultural property > Oman > History.
Culture matérielle > Aspect politique > Oman.
Culture matérielle > Aspect social > Oman.
HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula
Civilization
Cultural property
Material culture > Social aspects
Politics and government
Oman > Civilization > History.
Oman > Politics and government > History.
Oman
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: heritage discourse and its alterities
  • Reform and revolt through the pen and the sword
  • Nizwa Fort and the dalla during the Imamate
  • Museum effects
  • Ethics of history-making
  • Nizwa, city of memories
  • Nizwa's lasting legacy of slavery
  • The al-Lawati as a historical category
  • Conclusion: cultivating the past

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