Statecraft in the Middle East : oil, historical memory, and popular culture / edited by Eric Davis, Nicolas Gavrielides ; sponsored by the Joint Committee on the Near and Middle East, Social Science Research Council, New York City.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.
Contents:
Theorizing statecraft and social change in Arab oil-producing countries / Eric Davis -- Social origins of the authoritarian state in the Arab east / Khaldoun Hasan al-Naqeeb -- Legitimacy, identity, and the writing of history in Libya / Lisa Anderson -- Social and political dimensions of the historiography of the Arab gulf / Assem Dessouki -- Statecraft, historical memory, and popular culture in Iraq and Kuwait / Eric Davis and Nicolas Gavielides -- Power and representation : social change, gender relations, and the education of women in Kuwait / Noura al-Falah -- Contemporary trends in the study of folklore in the Arab gulf states / Muhammad Rajab al-Najjar -- The sociopolitical context of the Iraqi short story, 1980-1968 / Muhsin Jassim al-Musawi -- Economic relations among social classes in Algerian proverbs / Abdel-Malek Mortad.
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