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1. 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
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14736 and etdadmin_upload_674378