TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alsharekh,Alanoud
AU  - Springborg,Robert
ED  - London Middle East Institute.
TI  - Popular culture and political identity in the Arab Gulf states
SN  - 0863566928 (pbk.)
AV  - DS247.A134 .P8191 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London, Berkeley, Calif., London
PB  - Saqi, In association with London Middle East Institute SOAS
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Persian Gulf States
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-200) and index; Heritage and cultural nationalism in the United Arab Emirates / Fred H. Lawson and Hasan M. al-Naboodah -- Place and space in the memory of United Arab Emirates elders / Nadia Rahman -- The nationalisation of culture: Kuwait's invention of a pearl-diving heritage / Sulayman Khalaf -- An aspect of cultural development in Bahrain: archaeology and the restoration of historical sites / Mohammed A. Alkhozai -- The social and political elements that drive the poetic journey / Nimah Ismail Nawwab -- Sport and identity in the Gulf / Abdullah Baabood -- Media as social matrix in the United Arab Emirates / Nada Mourtada-Sabbah ... [et al.] -- Diversification in Abu Dhabi and Dubai: the impact on national identity and the ruling bargain / Christopher Davidson -- Debates on political reform in the Gulf: the dynamics of liberalising public spaces / Amr Hamzawy -- Gulf societies: coexistence of tradition and modernity / Lubna Ahmed al-Kazi
ER  -