
Generations of Dissent
Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa
Syracuse University Press
Published on 31. July 2020
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8156-3669-4 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8156-3669-4 (9780815636694)
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Alexa Firat is assistant professor of Arabic studies at Temple University. She has published articles and reviews on Arabic cultural productions. Her translations can be found in The Book of Gaza, Beirut 39, Words without Borders, and New Voices of Saudi Arabia.
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 Syrian Prison Literature and the Poetics of Human Rights.
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 Syrian Prison Literature and the Poetics of Human Rights.