Cultivating the past, living the modern: the politics of time in the Sultanate of Oman

Introduction: heritage discourse and its alterities -- Reform and revolt through the pen and the sword -- Nizwa Fort and the dalla during the Imamate -- Museum effects -- Ethics of history-making -- Nizwa, city of memories -- Nizwa's lasting legacy of slavery -- The al-Lawati as a historical ca...

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Autor principal: Sachedina, Amal 1974- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2021
En:Año: 2021
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Oman / Cultura material / Patrimonio cultural / Bien cultural / Cultura / Historia
Otras palabras clave:B Oman Politics and government History
B Material Culture Political aspects (Oman)
B Material Culture Social aspects (Oman)
B Oman Civilization History
B Cultural property (Oman) History
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Sumario:Introduction: heritage discourse and its alterities -- Reform and revolt through the pen and the sword -- Nizwa Fort and the dalla during the Imamate -- Museum effects -- Ethics of history-making -- Nizwa, city of memories -- Nizwa's lasting legacy of slavery -- The al-Lawati as a historical category -- Conclusion: cultivating the past.
"Centered in Muscat and Nizwa, the book analyzes the relations with the past that undergird the shift in Oman from an Ibadi shari'a Imamate (1913-1958) to a modern nation state from 1970 onwards. Key locales and objects become sites for tracking transformations in forms of history, religious and political authority"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:XIV, 273 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:978-1-5017-5861-4
978-1-5017-6002-0