Everyday life in the spectacular city [electronic resource] : making home in Dubai / Rana AlMutawa.

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"Everyday Life in the Spectacular City is a groundbreaking urban ethnography that reveals how middle-class citizens and longtime residents of Dubai interact with the city's so-called superficial spaces to create meaningful social lives. Rana AlMutawa shows that inhabitants adapt themselves to top-do...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: AlMutawa, Rana, 1989- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Middle class > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
Belonging (Social psychology) > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
City and town life > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
Urban anthropology > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) > Social life and customs.
Online Access:
De Gruyter eBook Package - University of California Press Complete 2024: 2024 (De Gruyter)
Variant Title:
Making home in Dubai
Everyday Life in the Spectacular City: Making Home in Dubai
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • (In)authenticity in brand Dubai
  • Belonging in Dubai's glitzy, neoliberal spaces
  • Globalization and diversity at a cosmopolitan crossroads
  • An appropriately modern city
  • The costs and benefits of safety in sanitized spaces.