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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459177303321

Autore

Limbert Mandana E

Titolo

In the time of oil [[electronic resource] ] : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani town / / Mandana E. Limbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8047-7460-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

953.53

Soggetti

Collective memory - Oman - Bahlāʼ

Islam - Oman - Bahlāʼ

Social change - Oman - Bahlāʼ

Petroleum industry and trade - Social aspects - Oman - Bahlāʼ

Electronic books.

Bahlāʼ (Oman) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Notes on Names and Transliteration; 1. In the Dreamtime of Oil: Wealth and Development in an Anomalous Time; 2. Now, the Police Only Drive: Remembering Rule and Disorder in Bahla; 3. In the Eye of the Neighbor, There is Fire: Hazards and Histories of Sociality; 4. Circles of Knowledge: Religious Learning, Pious Pasts, and Alternative Sociality; 5. Senses of Water: Nostalgia, Private Ownership, and Bodily Privacy; 6. Becoming Bahlawi: Race, Genealogy, and the Politics of Arabness

7. Perhaps He Has a Son: Succession, Depletion, and the Uncertain Future Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960's, and now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion.