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Everyday life in the spectacular city : making home in Dubai /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	AlMutawa, Rana, 1989- (Author)
Format:	Book
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. Appartenance (Psychologie sociale) > Émirats arabes unis > Dubayy (Émirat) Vie urbaine > Émirats arabes unis > Dubayy (Émirat) Anthropologie urbaine > Émirats arabes unis > Dubayy (Émirat) Belonging (Social psychology) City and town life Manners and customs Middle class Urban anthropology United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)

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