Consumer Citizenship
National Identity and Museum Merchandise in Qatar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10278941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzi Mirgani (0000-0002-6184-400X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 555-572 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Middle East Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3141 • E-ISSN: 1940-3461 |
| Publisher | The Middle East Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3751/73.4.12 |
| OpenAlex | W2998522314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
While Qatari museums strive to provide a platform for the nation's "voice," this article argues that museum merchandise occupies a new, elevated role in Qatar's contemporary neoliberal environment—as an extension of the country's global outreach and nation-branding. Since state-sanctioned museum merchandise is necessarily expressive of state policies, this article contends that Qatar's museum gift shops are reformulating the signifiers of Qatari national identity through contemporary commodities and redrawing the parameters of national belonging
Aesthetics · Art · Citizenship · Identity (music · Media studies · National identity · National museum · Outreach · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
Routes
The field of cultural production
The Creation of Qatar
The Gulf States in International Political Economy
The Evolving Arab City
Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula
Transnational Geographies of the Heart
The Logic of Practice
Social changes in the Gulf States and Oman
Commercial Nationalism
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |