Cultivating the past, living the modern : the politics of time in the Sultanate of Oman / Amal Sachedina.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xiii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781501758614
- 1501758616
- 9781501760020
- 1501760025
- Material culture -- Political aspects -- Oman
- Material culture -- Social aspects -- Oman
- Cultural property -- Oman -- History
- Oman -- Civilization -- History
- Oman -- Politics and government -- History
- Culture matérielle -- Aspect politique -- Oman
- Culture matérielle -- Aspect social -- Oman
- Civilization
- Cultural property
- Material culture -- Social aspects
- Politics and government
- Oman
- Material culture -- Political aspects -- Oman
- Material culture -- Social aspects -- Oman
- Cultural property -- Oman -- History
- Oman -- Civilization
- Oman -- Politics and government
- 306.095353 23
- GN406 .S23 2021
Contents:
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
| Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library NEW ACQUISITION | GN406 .S23 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available | 197015077 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"-- Provided by publisher.