Beyond exception : new interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula /

"This book analyzes what the theory of exceptionalism in the Arabian Peninsula does, how it is used by various people, and how it helps shape power relations in the societies that the authors study"--

Dades bibliogràfiques
Autors principals: Kanna, Ahmed (Autor), Le Renard, Amélie (Autor), Vora, Neha, 1974- (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2020.
Col·lecció:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvqc6jpz
Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction : ethnography from the exceptional to the everyday / Amélie Le Renard, Neha Vora, Ahmed Kanna
  • Space, mobility, and shifting identities in the constitution of the "field"/ Neha Vora, Ahmed Kanna, Amélie Le Renard
  • How western residents in Riyadh and Dubai produce and challenge exceptionalism / Amélie Le Renard
  • Anthropology and the educational encounter / Neha Vora
  • Class struggle and deexceptionalizing the Gulf / Ahmed Kanna
  • Conclusion : centering the Arabian Peninsula, decolonizing the academy / Ahmed Kanna, Amélie Le Renard, Neha Vora.