Overview

Combining visual and literary analyses and original ethnographic studies as part of a more general political reflection, Migration in the Making of Gulf Space examines the role of migrants and non-citizens in the processes of settling in the Arab States of the Gulf region. The contributions underscore the aspirational character of the Gulf as a place where migrant recognition can be attained while also reflecting on practices of exclusion. The book is the result of an interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars and includes an original contribution by the acclaimed author of the novel Temporary People, Deepak Unnikrishnan.

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Author:   Antia Mato Bouzas ,  Lorenzo Casini
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   11
ISBN:  

9781800733503

ISBN 10:   180073350
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   14 January 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Antía Mato Bouzas Part I: Cosmopolitanism, Belonging and National Imaginaries Chapter 1. Exhibiting Tolerance: Citizenship, Contingency and Contemporary Art in the UAE Pavilion, 2009 – 2017 Elizabeth Derderian Chapter 2. The Gulf as an Unhomely Home. Reconfiguring Citizenship and Belonging in Diasporic Narratives on Second-Generation Migrants Nadeen Dakkak Chapter 3. Navigating the Cosmopolitan City: Emirati Women and Ambivalent Forms of Belonging in Dubai Rana AlMutawa This chapter is available open access thanks to the support of NYU Abu Dhabi. Part II: Aspirational Gulf Chapter 4. Dubai as Heterotopia? The Aspirational Politics of Everyday Cosmopolitanism in Gulf Space Jaafar Alloul Chapter 5. A Strangeness One Can Occupy: Clothes and their Codes in the Photographs of Gulf Migrants from Kerala M. Shafeeq Karinkurayil Conclusion: The Gulf Space in Words: In Dialogue with Author Deepak Unnikrishnan Lorenzo Casini and Deepak Unnikrishnan Index

Reviews

There is no doubt that this engaging volume represents a new contribution to the scholarship on migration to the Gulf area and, more specifically, to the South-South migration... All the chapters are solidly based on ethnographic fieldwork or hitherto unexplored primary sources. Anna Baldinetti, University of Perugia

“There is no doubt that this engaging volume represents a new contribution to the scholarship on migration to the Gulf area and, more  specifically, to the South-South migration… All the chapters are solidly based on ethnographic fieldwork or hitherto unexplored primary sources.” • Anna Baldinetti, University of Perugia

Author Information

Antia Mato Bouzas is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at London Metropolitan University and Associate Researcher at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin. She is the author of Kashmir as a Borderland: The politics of space and belonging across the Line of Control (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).

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