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Geoff Harkness, "Changing Qatar: Culture, Citizenship, and Rapid Modernization" (NYU Press, 2020)

New Books in Anthropology

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Modern Traditionalism in the Government's National Branding Strategy

Modern traditionalism is basically the government's national branding strategy. In cutter social life is organized around gender men and women do interact together. The state promotes this idea of female empowerment using sports in particular but also education as places where women can become empowered. But despite the rhetoric of empowerment rates of female athletic participation remain low, even amongst college educated women.

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