Soft weapons
Subtitle: autobiography in transit
By: Gillian Whitlock.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780226895253; 9780226895260
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Biography -- History and criticism; Exiles -- Iran -- Biography -- History and criticism; Autobiography; Middle East -- Biography -- History and criticism; Afghanistan -- Biography -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Arablish : the Baghdad blogger; title: The skin of the burka : recent life narratives from Afghanistan; title: Testimony incarnate : read my lips; title: Branding : the veiled best-seller; title: Tainted testimony : the work of scandal; title: Embedded : memoir and correspondents; title: The pangs of exile : memoir out of Iran; title: Bookends : autographics.