'Anticipating' the 2011 Arab Uprisings [electronic resource] : Revolutionary Literatures and Political Geographies /
Sakr, R.author.
This Palgrave Pivot volume explores an exciting range of powerful novels and memoirs from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria that reveal political geographies of injustice and popular discontent thus 'anticipating' or imaginatively envisioning as well as participating in some of the major current upheavals in their particular national contexts.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface              ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""1 Introduction: â€?Anticipatingâ€?, Writing, and Rebelling in the Arab World                                                                               ""; ""2 â€?A Way of Making a Space for Ourselves Where We Can Make the Best of Ourselvesâ€?: Writing Egyptâ€?s â€?Tahrirâ€?                                                                                                                  ""
""3 â€?Here Itâ€?s Either Silence Or Exileâ€?: The Stories of â€?Ratsâ€? that Rebelled in Libya                                                                                          """"4 â€?We Would Meet Them One Day, and Call Them to Account for Their Oppressionâ€?: Post-2005 Prison Writings in Syria                                                                                                                        ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This Palgrave Pivot volume explores an exciting range of powerful novels and memoirs from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria that reveal political geographies of injustice and popular discontent thus 'anticipating' or imaginatively envisioning as well as participating in some of the major current upheavals in their particular national contexts.
Oriental literature.
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European literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature-Philosophy.
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Asian Literature.
Asian Languages.
European Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.