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Tribal Modern : Branding New Nations in the Arab Gulf /

"Tribal Modern analyzes what is most distinctive about Arab Gulf culture over the past 15 years and how this culture shapes distinctive national identities. It highlights the tribal as the decisive element in modern Arab Gulf culture and identity. The question incredulous outsiders ask is: how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cooke, Miriam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Uneasy cosmopolitanism
  • Pure blood and the new nation
  • The idea of the tribe
  • The brand
  • Building the brand
  • Heritage engineering
  • Performing national identity
  • Gendering the tribal modern
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.