| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 347 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Syracuse studies in geography
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Syracuse studies in geography.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-340) and index. |
| Contents |
Between hope and chastity in the Gulf -- Reconfiguring cultural economy -- Market orientalism -- A historical, cultural economic geography of the Gulf: part one (1932-1972) -- A historical, cultural economic geography of the Gulf : part two, peak Gulf (1973-1982) -- The fantasy of the postcolonial regional economy : the case of the Gulf corporation council -- Heat and booze : geopolitical competition meets cultural economy in the Gulf -- The Gulf's diverse urban cultural economies -- Gulf futures. |
| Summary |
"Although the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are leaders in many of the measures of absolute wealth that have traditionally defined success in the global economy, they have had a much harder time becoming accepted in the equally fractured and hierarchal realm of the cultural economy, where practices, signs, and perceptions of propriety matter. Market Orientalism examines how emerging markets are imagined as cultural economic spaces--spaces that are assembled, ranked, desired, and sometimes punished in ways built on earlier forms of dealing with "backward" economies and peoples. Such imaginations not only impact investment and guide policy, but also create stories of economic value that separate "us" from "them." While market Orientalism functions anywhere that questions of "deserved" wealth come down to cultural/economic differences between places, Smith focuses on the Arab states of the Gulf. By combining field research with extensive analysis of news archives concerning the cultural economies of the Gulf states, Market Orientalism addresses important motivations for economic relations and provides a framework to analyze how prejudice, fashion, taste, and waste are vital to both narrow and widespread forms of economic activity."-- Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cultural property -- United Arab Emirates.
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Cultural property. |
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United Arab Emirates. |
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United Arab Emirates -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Benjamin (Assistant professor). Market orientalism. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015 9780815634102 (DLC) 2015015921 (OCoLC)910802470 |
| ISBN |
9780815653448 (electronic book) |
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0815653441 (electronic book) |
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0815653441 |
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9780815634102 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0815634102 |
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