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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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2024]
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Table of 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.