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- English
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About this book
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the sight of tens of thousands of non-Kuwaiti Arabs, Indians, East Asians, and Westerners fleeing or trapped under occupation made the outside world suddenly aware of a singular fact of Kuwaiti society-that Kuwaitis are an absolute minority in their own country. Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archiv
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figure
- Acknowledgments
- Map of Kuwait
- Map of Kuwait City and Suburbs
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Kuwait Through History: A Tradition of Migration and Open Networks
- 3 The Politics of Exclusion
- 4 The Structure of Dominance: The Sponsorship System
- 5 Conceptualizing “Us” and “Them” Through Everyday Practice
- 6 Expatriate Life: Liminality and an “Ad Hoc” Way of Life
- 7 Gender Relations, Ethnicity, and the National Project
- 8 Pluralism and Integration
- 9 Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book and Author