Joyriding in Riyadh : Oil, Urbanism, and Road Revolt Paperback / softback
by Pascal Menoret
Part of the Cambridge Middle East Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
Why do young Saudis, night after night, joyride and skid cars on Riyadh's avenues?
Who are these 'drifters' who defy public order and private property?
What drives their revolt? Based on four years of fieldwork in Riyadh, Pascal Menoret's Joyriding in Riyadh explores the social fabric of the city and connects it to Saudi Arabia's recent history.
Car drifting emerged after Riyadh was planned, and oil became the main driver of the economy.
For young rural migrants, it was a way to reclaim alienating and threatening urban spaces.
For the Saudi state, it jeopardized its most basic operations: managing public spaces and enforcing law and order.
A police crackdown soon targeted car drifting, feeding a nation-wide moral panic led by religious activists who framed youth culture as a public issue.
This book retraces the politicization of Riyadh youth and shows that, far from being a marginal event, car drifting is embedded in the country's social violence and economic inequality.
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- Pages:263 pages, 4 Maps; 21 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/04/2014
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- ISBN:9781107641952
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:263 pages, 4 Maps; 21 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/04/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107641952
