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Dubai, the City As Corporation by Ahmed Kanna (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN-100816656312
ISBN-139780816656318
eBay Product ID (ePID)99549647
Product Key Features
Number of Pages296 Pages
Publication NameDubai, the City As Corporation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPublic Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban, Public Policy / Regional Planning
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorAhmed Kanna
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-032642
Reviews" Dubai, the City as Corporation is a thoughtful, in-depth treatment on Dubai and its recent explosive economic growth, grounded in the urban studies/spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre. Engaging and persuasive, it knits together anthropology and urban design, giving a balanced assessment of Dubai's reinvention as a city, a global commerce center, and an experiment in urban planning." --Timothy Luke, Virginia Tech, " Dubai, the City as Corporation is a thoughtful, in-depth treatment on Dubai and its recent explosive economic growth, grounded in the urban studies/spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre. Engaging and persuasive, it knits together anthropology and urban design, giving a balanced assessment of Dubai's reinvention as a city, a global commerce center, and an experiment in urban planning." -Timothy Luke, Virginia Tech, " Dubai, the City as Corporation is a thoughtful, in-depth treatment on Dubai and its recent explosive economic growth, grounded in the urban studies/spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre. Engaging and persuasive, it knits together anthropology and urban design, giving a balanced assessment of Dubai's reinvention as a city, a global commerce center, and an experiment in urban planning." --Timothy Luke, Virginia Tech
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Table Of ContentPreface Note on Transliteration Introduction: Dubai Contexts and Contestations 1. State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai 2. "Going South" with the Starchitects: Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City 3. The Vanished Village: Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai 4. The City-Corporation: Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response 5. Indian Dubai: The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants Conclusion: Politicizing Dubai Space Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisSomewhere in the course of the late twentieth century, Dubai became more than itself. The city was, suddenly, a postmodern urban spectacle rising from the desert-precisely the glittering global consumer utopia imagined by Dubai's rulers and merchant elite. In Dubai, the City as Corporation , Ahmed Kanna looks behind this seductive vision to reveal the role of cultural and political forces in shaping both the image and the reality of Dubai. Exposing local struggles over power and meaning in the making and representation of Dubai, Kanna examines the core questions of what gets built and for whom. His work, unique in its view of the interconnectedness of cultural identity, the built environment, and politics, offers an instructive picture of how different factions-from local and non-Arab residents and expatriate South Asians to the cultural and economic elites of the city-have all participated in the creation and marketing of Dubai. The result is an unparalleled account of the ways in which the built environment shapes and is shaped by the experience of globalization and neoliberalism in a diverse, multinational city., Somewhere in the course of the late twentieth century, Dubai became more than itself. The city was, suddenly, a postmodern urban spectacle rising from the desert--precisely the glittering global consumer utopia imagined by Dubai's rulers and merchant elite. In Dubai, the City as Corporation , Ahmed Kanna looks behind this seductive vision to reveal the role of cultural and political forces in shaping both the image and the reality of Dubai. Exposing local struggles over power and meaning in the making and representation of Dubai, Kanna examines the core questions of what gets built and for whom. His work, unique in its view of the interconnectedness of cultural identity, the built environment, and politics, offers an instructive picture of how different factions--from local and non-Arab residents and expatriate South Asians to the cultural and economic elites of the city--have all participated in the creation and marketing of Dubai. The result is an unparalleled account of the ways in which the built environment shapes and is shaped by the experience of globalization and neoliberalism in a diverse, multinational city.
LC Classification NumberHT147.5.K36 2011
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