Open AccessEmirati Women
Author(s) -
Manata Hashemi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v28i4.1232
Subject(s) - abu dhabi , face (sociological concept) , population , history , gender studies , sociology , demography , social science , archaeology , metropolitan area
Jane Bristol-Ryhs’ Emirati Women: Generations of Change provides a rareglimpse into how the lives of Abu Dhabi women have changed as a result ofthe discovery of oil in the late 1960s. Combining eight years of oral histories,participant observation, and interviews ‒ along with her own experiences ofliving and teaching in Abu Dhabi ‒ Bristol-Rhys offers a lucid ethnographicaccount of a population that has been one of the most affected by Abu Dhabi’soil boom. Over the course of the chapters near the end of the book, Bristol-Rhys details the experiences of three generations of Abu Dhabi womenand how they view their pre-oil past and face the challenges of the present ...