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

• Autore: Limbert Mandana E
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 953.53
• Soggetto topico: Collective memory - Oman - Bahlāʼ; Islam - Oman - Bahlāʼ; Social change - Oman - Bahlāʼ; Petroleum industry and trade - Social aspects - Oman - Bahlāʼ
• Soggetto geografico: Bahlāʼ (Oman) Social life and customs
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: In the time of oil
• ISBN: 0-8047-7460-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792306803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II