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Dubai, the city as corporation / Ahmed Kanna.
Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.Description: xiii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780816656318 (pbk.) :
- 0816656312 (pbk.) :
- HT147.5 .K36 2011
Contents:
Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations -- State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai -- "Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City -- The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai -- The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response -- Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants -- Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Special Collection | HT 147.5 .K36 2011 UAE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5057029 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations -- State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai -- "Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City -- The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai -- The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response -- Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants -- Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.
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