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Everyday Life in the Spectacular City Making Home in Dubai

Paperback • 2024 • English • 1. edition

Everyday Life in the Spectacular City Making Home in Dubai

By Rana AlMutawa

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

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 to top-down development projects, from big malls to megaprojects. These structures serve residents' evolving social needs, transforming Dubai's spectacular spaces into personally important cultural sites. These...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780520395060

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published year

2024

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Everyday Life in the Spectacular City Making Home in Dubai

Format

Paperback

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