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Author:   Paul Dresch ,  James P. Piscatori
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781848858664

ISBN 10:   1848858663
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   05 February 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Societies, Identities and Global Issues PART I: Culture and Connectedness Chapter 1: Channels of Interaction: The Role of Gulf-Owned Media Firms in Globalisation Chapter 2: Dialect and National Identity: The Cultural Politics of Self-Representation in Bahraini Musalat Chapter 3: Cultural Construction, the Gulf and Arab London PART II: Local Identities: The Importance of Nation-States Chapter 4: Transnational Connections and National Identity: Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat Chapter 5: Neither Autocracy nor Democracy but Ethnocracy: Citizens, Expatriates and the Socio-Political System in Kuwait Chapter 6: Debates on Marriage and Nationality in the United Arab Emirates PART III: Practical and Moral Order Chapter 7: Public Order and Authority: Policing Kuwait Chapter 8: Gender, Religious Knowledge and Education in Oman Chapter 9: Political Actors Without the Franchise: Women and Politics in Kuwait Chapter 10: Managing God's Guests: The Pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Legitimacy

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'Monarchies and Nations breaks new ground, challenging many common presuppositions about the centrality of transnationalism in the Gulf. Paul Dresch and James Piscatori have produced a well-integrated multidisciplinary volume, whose well-documented, insightful case studies shed new light on the extent to which significant differences in nationalities, citizenship and gender are determining factors in the development of national identity of Gulf states today.' John L. Espositi, Professor of Religion and Intenational Affairs and of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University 'This book is invaluable for its innovative studis analysing the dynamics of Gulf societies and their process of self-definition and nation-building in the context of globalisation.' Franck Mermier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France)

Author Information

Paul Dresch is a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. James Piscatori is Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.

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