Tribal Modern attributes to the Gulf a modernity it has invented. - TopicsExpress



          

Tribal Modern attributes to the Gulf a modernity it has invented. In fact, it has largely aped it. The region is behaving as new money always has: trying to impress old money by building lavish libraries and collecting art, all in the vain hope that these will mask their Gatsby-like insecurities of being upstarts, late to the geopolitical party. Tanjil Rashid reviews Miriam Cookes new book Tribal Modern: Branding New Nations in the Arab Gulf via Asad AbuKhalil
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:44:42 +0000

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