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Displaying culture: the politics of art, liberalism and the state in the UAE

Description:

International media immediately lambasted plans to build a Louvre and a Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the whimsy of wealthy sheikhs using oil money to “buy culture.” The museums are part of a $27b development project called Saadiyat Island. While Saadiyat is spectacular, dismissing it...

Keyword:

critique, art, culture, museums, and politics

Subject:

Art history, Middle Eastern studies, and Cultural anthropology

Creator:

Derderian, Elizabeth

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14736 and etdadmin_upload_674378