Modernity and the museum in the Arabian Peninsula /

Museums in the Arabian Peninsula examines the recent and rapid development of museums in the Arabian Peninsula, focussing on Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. These states are dynamically involved in establishing museums to preserve and represent their distinct national culture and heritage,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Exell, Karen
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:	Museums > Arabian Peninsula. Museums > Political aspects > Arabian Peninsula. Museums > Social aspects > Arabian Peninsula. Globalization > Political aspects > Arabian Peninsula. Globalization > Social aspects > Arabian Peninsula. Social change > Arabian Peninsula. Historic prservation > Arabian Peninsula. Nationalism > Arabian Peninsula. Arabian Peninsula > Cultural policy.

Table of Contents:

Map of the Arabian Peninsula states
Introduction: Questions of globalisation, modernity and the museum in the Arabian Peninsula
Building nations in a modern Middle East
Staging identity in a globalised world
Universal art museums in the Arabian Peninsula
Knowledge production in the realm of culture
"We are not people of the city" : narratives of purity and exclusion
Oil, conflict and memory in the Arabian Peninsula : private collections and museums
" ... This shifting present which we call the future."