Bibliograph

Generations of Dissent, Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa

Type

Label

Generations of Dissent, Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Generations of Dissent

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Contemporary issues in the middle east

Sub title

Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification