Representing the nation : heritage, museums, national narratives, and identity in the Arab Gulf States / edited by Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Victoria Penziner Hightower, and Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla.

Includes index.

Part I. Sensibilities / Pamela Erskine-Loftus -- Bringing it back home: redefining Islamic art in Saudi Arabia / Idries Trevathan and Manal Alghannam -- Locating Qatar on the world stage: museums, foreign expertise and the construction of Qatar's contemporary identity / Karen Exell -- Context and identity as generators of concept: four examples from Bahrain / Kamila Bielinska-Basmaji and Marwan Basmaji -- We're all Qataris here: the nation-building narrative of the National Museum of Qatar / Jocelyn Sage Mitchell -- Part II. Museuming / Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla -- Nation, one myth and two museums: heritage, architecture and culture as tools for assembling identity in Qatar / Ali A. Alraouf -- Building the past: archaeology and national development in the Gulf / Andrew Petersen -- Oral history and national stories: theory and practice in the GCC / Rachel Teskey and Norah Alkhamis -- Qatar: cultivating "the citizen" of the futuristic state / Marwa Maziad -- Part III. Projection / Victoria Penziner Hightower -- All the world's a stage designed by Zaha Hadid: how the Gulf's new mega-theatres attempt to promote 'global' identities / Katherine Hennessey -- National identity and performativity at Bahrain National Museum / Hae Won Jeong -- The Saudi Arabian National Museum: unexpected collections and narratives? / Virginia Cassola -- Time, space and narrative in Emirati museums / Matthew MacLean.