Ali, Syed
Dubai: Gilded Cage
- ISBN 13:
- 9780300152173
- author:
- Ali, Syed
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Yale University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 360
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm
- Genre:
- Anthropology - Cultural
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Dubai: Gilded Cage by Syed Ali is a thought-provoking analysis of the emirate's remarkable transformation into a global center for business and luxury living. In this insightful book, Ali delves beneath Dubai's dazzling surface to examine the cost of its success. The city's rulers have skillfully created a worldwide brand, publicizing its hotels and leisure opportunities while downplaying its complex policies towards guest workers and suppression of dissent. However, this success comes at a significant personal cost for many individuals, particularly those from the developing world who provide the manual labor and domestic service needed to keep Dubai running. Ali sheds light on the rigid divisions within society, where expatriate Westerners live self-indulgent lifestyles on short-term work visas, native Emiratis are largely passive observers and beneficiaries of what Dubai has become, and workers from the developing world face great personal costs.
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