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The fragmentary city : migration, modernity, and difference in the urban landscape of Doha, Qatar / Andrew M. Gardner
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2024Description: XII, 184 Seiten : IllustrationenISBN:- 9781501774980
- 9781501775017
- Migration
- Stadtentwicklung
- Soziale Wirklichkeit
- Kulturanthropologie
- Ethnologie
- Arabien
- Katar
- Doha
- Cities and towns -- Qatar -- Dawḥah
- Ethnology -- Qatar -- Dawḥah
- Cities and towns-Social aspects-Qatar-Dawḥah
- Cities and towns-Social aspects-Arabian Peninsula
- Ethnology-Qatar-Dawḥah
- Villes - Aspect social - Qatar - Ad Dawḩah
- Villes - Aspect social - Arabie (Péninsule)
- Ethnologie - Qatar - Ad Dawḩah
- Dawḥah (Qatar)
- 307.76095363
- 307.76095363 23/eng/20231026
- HN667.D38
Contents:
Summary: "This book is concerned with how the extraordinary demography and proportions of migration and how global human mobility have shaped the city of Doha, and more broadly, shaped the urban landscapes characteristic of the Arabian Peninsula"--Call number: Grundsignatur: 2024 A 735PPN: PPN: 1868953343
City, society, and mobility -- Friday ethnography and the city -- Invisible gas -- The journey to Arabia -- The gulf migration system -- Segregation and space in the modernist city -- Compounds, walls, and cultural sovereignty -- An urban spatial discourse -- Ceaseless growth and the urban trophy case -- Culture and life in a fragmented city -- A city I will never see.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freihandbestand ausleihbar | Bibliothek Campus Süd | soz 2.25 | Lesesaal Geisteswissenschaften (LSG) | 2024 A 735 | Available | 54001381090 |
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