Dubai [electronic resource] : the city as corporation / Ahmed Kanna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanna, Ahmed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate).

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns--Social aspects--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate).

Rural development--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate).

Rural development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Somewhere in the course of the late twentieth century, Dubai became more than itself. The city was, suddenly, a postmodern urban spectacle rising from the desert--precisely the glittering global consumer utopia imagined by Dubai's rulers and merchant elite. In ""Dubai, the City as Corporation,"" Ahmed Kanna looks behind this seductive vision to reveal the role of cultural and political forces in shaping both the image and the reality of Dubai. Exposing local struggles over power and meaning in the making and representation of Dubai, Kanna examines the core questions of what gets built and for

Contents:

Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations

State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai

"Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City

The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai

The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response

Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants

Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4612-4

0-8166-7658-5

OCLC:

748242160