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100 1 _aKanna, Ahmed.
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245 1 0 _aDubai, the city as corporation /
_cAhmed Kanna.
260 _aMinneapolis :
_bUniversity of Minnesota Press,
_cc2011.
300 _axiii, 262 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-257) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
520 _aPresents a study of Dubai, looking at the cultural and political forces that determine building and marketing of the city.
520 _aSomewhere 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.
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