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Readings in Syrian Prison Literature - The Poetics of Human Rights (Paperback) Loot Price: R919
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Readings in Syrian Prison Literature - The Poetics of Human Rights (Paperback): R. Shareah Taleghani

Readings in Syrian Prison Literature - The Poetics of Human Rights (Paperback)

R. Shareah Taleghani

Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

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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 essential to understanding the oppositional political culture among dissidents since the 1970s-a culture that laid the foundation for the 2011 Syrian Revolution. The emergence of prison literature as a specific genre helped articulate opposition to authoritarian states, including the Assad regime. However, the significance of Syrian prison literature goes beyond a form of witnessing, expressing creative opposition, and illuminating the larger cultural and historical backstory of the Syrian uprising. Prison literature, in all its diversity, challenges the narrative structures and conventional language of human rights. In doing so, prison literature has played an essential role in generating the ""experimental shift"" in Arabic literature since the 1960s. Taleghani's groundbreaking work explores prison writing's critical role in resistance movements in Syria, the evolution of Arabic literature, and the development of a global human rights.

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Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Release date: June 2021
Authors: R. Shareah Taleghani
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-3715-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN: 0-8156-3715-2
Barcode: 9780815637158

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