Tribal modern : branding new nations in the Arab Gulf / Miriam Cooke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

cooke, miriam

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Persian Gulf States.

Ethnology.

Tribes.

Persian Gulf States--Social life and customs.

Persian Gulf States.

Tribes--Persian Gulf States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In the 1970s, one of the poorest and most forbidding regions in the world burst onto the international stage. The discovery and subsequent exploitation of oil allowed tribal rulers of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait to dream big. Yet how could their fishermen, pearl divers, and pastoral nomads adapt to a rapidly changing global economy? While some believe that the clash between the modern and the tribal is irresolvable, miriam cooke argues that each works both in tension and in tandem with the other. Exploring everything from fantasy architecture to neo-tribal sports and from Emirati dress codes to neo-Bedouin poetry contests, Tribal Modern explodes the idea that the tribal is primitive, archaic, or static. Instead, argues cooke, a radically different critical perspective is needed. This book's focused study of the barzakh demonstrates how new nations in the Gulf brand themselves, shape citizenship and identity, and project prestige at home and power abroad. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Uneasy Cosmopolitanism 16

2 Pure Blood and the New Nation 30

3 The Idea of the Tribe 50

4 The Brand 64

5 Building the Brand 77

6 Heritage Engineering 99

7 Performing National Identity 123

8 Gendering the Tribal Modern 138.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520957268

0520957261

Publisher Number:

99970519118

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.