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Market Orientalism
Benjamin Smith
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Paperback. Series: Syracuse Studies in Geography. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Although the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are leaders in many of the measures of absolute wealth that have traditionally defined success in the global economy, they have had a much harder time becoming accepted in the equally fractured and hierarchal realm of the cultural economy, where practices, signs, and perceptions of propriety matter.
Market Orientalism examines how emerging markets are imagined as cultural economic spaces—spaces that are assembled, ranked, desired, and sometimes punished in ways built on earlier forms of dealing with ""backward"" economies and peoples. Such imaginations not only impact investment and guide policy, but also ... Read more
Although the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are leaders in many of the measures of absolute wealth that have traditionally defined success in the global economy, they have had a much harder time becoming accepted in the equally fractured and hierarchal realm of the cultural economy, where practices, signs, and perceptions of propriety matter.
Market Orientalism examines how emerging markets are imagined as cultural economic spaces—spaces that are assembled, ranked, desired, and sometimes punished in ways built on earlier forms of dealing with ""backward"" economies and peoples. Such imaginations not only impact investment and guide policy, but also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Syracuse Studies in Geography
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815635222
SKU
V9780815635222
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About Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Smith is assistant professor of geography at Florida International University.
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