Branding the Middle East : : Communication Strategies and Image Building from Qom to Casablanca.

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Superior document:Studies on Modern Orient Series ; v.38
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin/Boston : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2023.
©2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies on Modern Orient Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (676 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Branding a Seafaring Nation: The Sailing Ship Monument on Al Wazarat Roundabout in Muscat, Oman
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Introduction: A Thoroughly Branded, but Little-Known Middle East
  • Branding as a Global Phenomenon: From Theory to Practice and Vice Versa
  • Branding the Middle East: A Review of Regional Manifestations of a Global Phenomenon
  • Studying Branding in the Middle East in Challenging Times: Outline of the Edited Volume
  • Part II: Consumption, Culture and Lifestyle
  • Milk Nationalism: Branding Dairy and the State in the Arabian Peninsula
  • Branding Chinese Green Tea in Mali
  • Selling Alcohol to the Muslims? Making Byrrh a Brand in the Colonial Maghreb
  • Branding Wine in Morocco: New Efforts to Qualify a Contested Commodity
  • From City to Society: Alcohol Advertising in Lebanon
  • False Fakes, Fictitious Fashion, and the Liberation of Logos: On the Islamisation of International Brands
  • Dubai Gold and Diamonds: Tracing Dubai's Influence on the South Indian State of Kerala
  • The Branding of Dubai as the Capital of the Islamic Economy
  • Islamic Ideals, the Concept of Love, and Processes of Individualisation: Muṣṭafā Ḥusnī's Writings and his Spiritual Brand
  • Queer Brands, Branding Queerness: Fractal Orientalism and Selling Gay-Friendly Beirut
  • Part III: State Branding
  • Sinan's Iconic Practices: Staging Early Modern Ottoman Architecture and Power
  • Branding the United Arab Emirates as Nation Building? Constructing Unity versus Acknowledging Diversity
  • Branding and Spatial Planning in Oman: A Neoliberal Turning Point in Politics?
  • Egypt With or Without Islam: The Work Behind Glossy Tourism Advertisements
  • Mobile Images: Stamps as Branding Tools in the Gulf States
  • Greening the Desert: Emirati Youth's Perceptions of Green Branding.
  • Branding Gibraltar: British, Mediterranean, European, or a Bridge between Two Worlds?
  • Part IV: City Branding
  • City Branding and Residents' Perception: The Case of Casablanca
  • The Multilevel Branding of Tangier at Spatial and Temporal Interfaces
  • Constructing Legitimacy through Pro-poor Housing? Branding Cities in Egypt and Morocco as "Slum-free"
  • The Power of the Speculative Image: On Branding Desert Developments and Selling Cairo's Urban Future
  • Branding Backlash: The Erring of Urban Advertising in Gulf Cities
  • Qom to Tehran and Back, Express: Branding a "Suburb"?
  • Who is Branding Beyoğ lu? Commodification and Surveillance of Public Space in Istanbul
  • Part V: Place Branding
  • Place Branding as a Political Act: Approaching Saudi Arabia's NEOM beyond its Shiny Façade
  • Two Politicians and a Shrine: Competing Personal Brands around Eyüpsultan in Istanbul
  • Who Labels the Camp? Claiming Ownership through Visibility in Jordan
  • Branding the Middle East in the Diaspora: Names of Mosques in Denmark
  • Showcasing Tulips in Istanbul
  • Architecture and the Myth of Immaculate Form in Dubai
  • List of Contributors
  • Index.