In the time of oil : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani town / Mandana E. Limbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Limbert, Mandana E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--Oman--Bahla.

Collective memory.

Islam--Oman--Bahla.

Islam.

Social change--Oman--Bahla.

Social change.

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--Oman--Bahla.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Bahlāʼ (Oman)--Social life and customs.

Bahlāʼ (Oman).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960's, and now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Notes on Names and Transliteration; 1. In the Dreamtime of Oil: Wealth and Development in an Anomalous Time; 2. Now, the Police Only Drive: Remembering Rule and Disorder in Bahla; 3. In the Eye of the Neighbor, There is Fire: Hazards and Histories of Sociality; 4. Circles of Knowledge: Religious Learning, Pious Pasts, and Alternative Sociality; 5. Senses of Water: Nostalgia, Private Ownership, and Bodily Privacy; 6. Becoming Bahlawi: Race, Genealogy, and the Politics of Arabness

7. Perhaps He Has a Son: Succession, Depletion, and the Uncertain Future Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804774604

0804774609

OCLC:

646788109