Generations of Dissent: Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0815636792 ISBN 13 : 9780815636793

Editeur : Syracuse University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Situated in the fields of contemporary literary and cultural studies, the ten essays collected in Generations of Dissent shed light on the artistic creativity, cultural production, intellectual movements, and acts of political dissidence across the Middle East and North Africa. Born of the contributors’ research on dissidence and state co-option in a variety of artistic and creative fields, the volume’s core themes reflect the notion that the recent Arab uprisings did not appear in a cultural, political, or historical vacuum. Rather than focus on how protestors "finally" broke the walls of fear created by authoritarian regimes in the region, these essays show that the uprisings were rooted in multiple generations and various acts of resistance decades prior to 2010–11. Firat and Taleghani’s volume maps the complicated trajectories of artistic and creative dissent across time and space, showing how artists have challenged institutions and governments over the past six decades.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alexa Firat is assistant professor of Arabic studies at Temple University. She has published articles and reviews on Arab cultural productions as well as literary translations.

R. Shareah Taleghani is an assistant professor and director of Middle East Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. She is also the author of the forthcoming book Readings in Syrian Prison Literature: the Poetics of Human Rights.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Syracuse University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0815636792
• ISBN 13: 9780815636793
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Firat Alexa, Taleghani R. Shareah
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