Everyday Life in the Spectacular City: Making Home Print but Whatever the Weather knows

but Whatever the Weather knows the facts

This is the first time Hajo’s work has been published in English by a United Kingdom-based publisher

—Antony Gormley

challenging perceptual and conceptual assumptions

ISBN: 978-9493246119

Everyday Life in the Spectacular City: Making Home Print but Whatever the Weather knowsEveryday Life in the Spectacular City is a groundbreaking urban ethnography that reveals how middle class citizens and longtime residents of Dubai interact with the city's so called superficial spaces to create meaningful social lives. Rana AlMutawa shows that inhabitants adapt themselves to top down development projects, from big malls to megaprojects. These structures serve residents' evolving social needs, transforming Dubai's spectacular spaces