LEADER 04149nam 22007335 450 001 9910838363903321 005 20240227223822.0 010 $a1-5036-2924-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503629240 035 $a(CKB)4970000000171314 035 $a(DE-B1597)602140 035 $a(OCoLC)1248599727 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503629240 035 $aEBL7012557 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7012557 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7012557 035 $a(EXLCZ)994970000000171314 100 $a20211129h20212021 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWestern Privilege $eWork, Intimacy, and Postcolonial Hierarchies in Dubai /$fAmélie Le Renard 210 1$aStanford, CA :$cStanford University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) 225 0 $aWorlding the Middle East 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-5036-2923-6 311 $a1-5036-1384-4 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tINTRODUCTION --$tChapter 1. THE CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS --$tChapter 2. STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGES IN THE JOB MARKET --$tChapter 3. PERFORMING STEREOTYPICAL WESTERNNESS --$tChapter 4. THE HETERONORMATIVITY OF ?GUEST FAMILIES? --$tChapter 5. RELATIONS WITH DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES --$tChapter 6. HEDONISTIC LIFESTYLES --$tChapter 7. WESTERN PRIVILEGE AND WHITE PRIVILEGE --$tCONCLUSION --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aNearly 90 percent of residents in Dubai are foreigners with no Emirati nationality. As in many global cities, those who hold Western passports share specific advantages: prestigious careers, high salaries, and comfortable homes and lifestyles. With this book, Amélie Le Renard explores how race, gender and class backgrounds shape experiences of privilege, and investigates the processes that lead to the formation of Westerners as a social group. Westernness is more than a passport; it is also an identity that requires emotional and bodily labor. And as they work, hook up, parent, and hire domestic help, Westerners chase Dubai's promise of socioeconomic elevation for the few. Through an ethnography informed by postcolonial and feminist theory, Le Renard reveals the diverse experiences and trajectories of white and non-white, male and female Westerners to understand the shifting and contingent nature of Westernness?and also its deep connection to whiteness and heteronormativity. Western Privilege offers a singular look at the lived reality of structural racism in cities of the global South. 410 0$aWorlding the Middle East 606 $aForeign workers$zUnited Arab Emirates$zDubayy (Emirate)$xSocial conditions$y21st century 606 $aWhite people$xRace identity$zUnited Arab Emirates$zDubayy (Emirate) 606 $aWhite people$zUnited Arab Emirates$zDubayy (Emirate)$xSocial conditions$y21st century 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity$2bisacsh 607 $aDubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 607 $aDubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)$xEmigration and immigration$xEconomic aspects 607 $aDubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)$xRace relations 610 $aDubai. 610 $aGender. 610 $aHeteronormativity. 610 $aIntimacy. 610 $aLabor. 610 $aMigration. 610 $aPostcolonial studies. 610 $aWesternness. 610 $aWhiteness. 610 $arace and class. 615 0$aForeign workers$xSocial conditions 615 0$aWhite people$xRace identity 615 0$aWhite people$xSocial conditions 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity. 676 $a331.6/2121095357 700 $aLe Renard$b Amélie$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01724549 701 $aKuntz$b Jane$01684969 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838363903321 996 $aWestern Privilege$94138926 997 $aUNINA