Tribal Modern - Branding New Nations in the Arab Gulf - Paperback - 2014

Exploring everything from fantasy architecture to neotribal sports and from Emirati dress codes to neoBedouin poetry contests, this title explodes the idea that the tribal is primitive and argues instead that it is an elite, exclusive, racist, and modern instrument for branding nations and shaping Gulf citizenship and identity.
Year of publication: 2014
Pagination: 224 pages, 19 b/w photographs
Format: Paperback