Readings in Syrian Prison Literature: The Poetics of Human Rights - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:R. Shareah TaleghaniSeries:Contemporary Issues in the Middle EastPublish date:2021-06-21Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815637158ISBN-10:815637152UPC:9780815637158Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Human Rights, PenologyBook Topic:Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.00 x 7.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCXFFY0WB6
Readings in Syrian Prison Literature: The Poetics of Human Rights
The simple act of inscription, both minute and epic, can be a powerful tool to bear witness and give voice to those who are oppressed, silenced, and forgotten. In the eras of Hafiz al-Asad and his son Bashar, Syrian political dissidents have written extensively about their experiences of detention, both while in prison and afterwards. This body of writing, largely untranslated into English, is...
Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815637158ISBN-10:815637152UPC:9780815637158Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Human Rights, PenologyBook Topic:Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.00 x 7.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCXFFY0WB6
R. Shareah Taleghani is assistant professor and director of Middle East studies at Queens College, City University of New York. She is a coeditor of Generations of Dissent: Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa.
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