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AuthorSobh, Rana
AuthorBelk, Russell W.
AuthorWilson, Jonathan A.J.
Available date2024-02-22T10:44:53Z
Publication Date2013-08-12
Publication NameMarketing Theory
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470593113499695
CitationSobh, R., Belk, R. W., & Wilson, J. A. (2013). Islamic Arab hospitality and multiculturalism. Marketing Theory, 13(4), 443-463.
ISSN1470-5931
URIhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84889056766&origin=inward
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/52101
AbstractThis ethnographic study in Qatar and United Arab Emirates addresses a particular Islamic consumptionscape as well as a related commodified practice: that of Arab hospitality. This much vaunted Arab virtue is examined in three contexts: home hospitality, commercial hospitality, and hospitality toward foreign guest workers and visitors. We find that home hospitality is largely extended inward and involves sharing in with close same-sex friends and family in a tournament of status, while hospitality toward foreigners is largely either nonexistent or outsourced to other foreigners. These patterns are explained in terms of hyper-ritualization of that which is most in doubt, namely, multiculturalism and patriarchal authority. We argue that this same pattern of hyper-ritualization may apply in other ritual contexts like American Thanksgiving celebrations. © The Author(s) 2013.
SponsorThis publication was made possible by a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund under its National Priority Research Program award number NPR09-113-5-014.
Languageen
PublisherSAGE
SubjectArab Gulf countries
Arab/Islamic culture
Hospitality
multiculturalism
TitleIslamic Arab hospitality and multiculturalism
TypeArticle
Pagination443-463
Issue Number4
Volume Number13
ESSN1741-301X
dc.accessType Full Text


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