Joyriding in Riyadh - Oil, Urbanism, and Road Revolt

Based on four years of fieldwork, Joyriding in Riyadh explores the history and social fabric of Riyadh, and of Saudi Arabia, through youth culture, specifically joyriding.

List of contents

1. A night with 'Ajib; 2. Repression and fieldwork; 3. City of the future; 4. The business of development; 5. Street terrorism; 6. Street politics; Epilogue.

About the author

Pascal Menoret is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University, Abu Dhabi. His research combines urban history and social anthropology. His publications include The Saudi Enigma: A History (2005) and L'Arabie, des routes de l'encens à l'ère du pétrole (2010).

Summary

Why do young Saudis, night after night, joyride and skid cars on Riyadh's avenues? Who are those 'drifters' who defy public order and private property? Based on four years of fieldwork, Joyriding in Riyadh explores the history and social fabric of Riyadh, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, and shows how car drifting is embedded in Saudi Arabia's social violence and economic inequality.

Product details

• Authors: Pascal Maenoret, Pascal Menoret, Menoret Pascal
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2014
• EAN: 9781107641952
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64195-2
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies; Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Middle East / General, Social & cultural history, Saudi Arabia, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, economic growth, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history