Beyond exception : new interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula /
Ahmed Kanna, Amélie Le Renard, and Neha Vora.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : ethnography from the exceptional to the everyday / Space, mobility, and shifting identities in the constitution of the "field"/ Neha Vora, Ahmed Kanna, Amélie Le Renard -- How western residents in Riyadh and Dubai produce and challenge exceptionalism / Anthropology and the educational encounter / Class struggle and deexceptionalizing the Gulf / Conclusion : centering the Arabian Peninsula, decolonizing the academy / Amélie Le Renard, Neha Vora, Ahmed Kanna -- Amélie Le Renard -- Neha Vora -- Ahmed Kanna -- Ahmed Kanna, Amélie Le Renard, Neha Vora.
"This book analyzes what the theory of exceptionalism in the Arabian Peninsula does, how it is used by various people, and how it helps shape power relations in the societies that the authors study"--