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Cultural heritage in the Arabian Peninsula : debates, discourses and practices / edited by Karen Exell and Trinidad Rico.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism.
- Ethnicity.
- Historic preservation.
- Historic preservation--Social aspects.
- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.
- Museums.
- Cultural property--Protection.
- Cultural policy.
- Arabian Peninsula--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
- Arabian Peninsula.
- Antiquities.
- Arabian Peninsula--Cultural policy.
- Cultural property--Protection--Arabian Peninsula.
- Cultural property.
- Museums--Arabian Peninsula.
- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--Arabian Peninsula.
- Historic sites.
- Historic preservation--Social aspects--Arabian Peninsula.
- Historic preservation--Political aspects--Arabian Peninsula.
- Ethnicity--Arabian Peninsula.
- Nationalism--Arabian Peninsula.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 212 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2014]
- Contents:
- Introduction: (De)constructing Arabian heritage debates / Karen Exell and Trinidad Rico
- Part I. Shifting perspectives
- Islamophobia and the location of heritage debates in the Arabian Peninsula / Trinidad Rico
- Concern amid the oysters as pearling is honoured : nature and the environment in heritage practice / Ian R. Simpson
- Part II. Museums, museumification, collecting
- Collecting an alternative world : the Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani Museum in Qatar / Karen Exell
- Purposeful ambiguity : the pearl trade and heritage construction in the United Arab Emirates / Victoria Penziner Hightower
- Spectacle and participation : a new heritage model from the UAE / Eric Langham and Darren Barker
- Heritage, cosmopolitanism and identity in Abu Dhabi / Sarina Wakefield
- The development of the first Qatar National Museum / Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla
- Part III. Archaeological, architectural and urban concerns
- Islamic identities and heritage presentation in Bahrain / Rachel MacLean and Timothy Insoll
- Archaeological site management of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : protection or isolation? / Alaa Alrawaibah
- Preservation, practice and politics : can Yemen preserve its cultural heritage? / Stephen Steinbeiser
- The rehabilitation of the Muharraq Historical Centre, Bahrain : a critical narrative / Ali A. Alraouf
- The Msheireb Project in Doha : the heritage of new urban design in Qatar / Nadine Scharfenort.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409470076
- 1409470075
- OCLC:
- 866617449
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