Generations of Dissent: Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)

ISBN 10: 0815636695 / ISBN 13: 9780815636694

Published by Syracuse University Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Generations of Dissent: Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815636695
• ISBN 13: 9780815636694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

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.