Conflicting narratives
Subtitle: war, trauma and memory in Iraqi culture
By: Milich, Pannewick, Tramontini (eds.).
Series: Literatures in context = Literaturen im Kontext, arabisch-persisch-türkisch -- Bd.35; Literaturen im Kontext -- v. 35.
Publisher: Reichert
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9783895008061
Subjects: Collective memory; In literature; Intellectual life; War in literature; History and criticism; Arabic literature; Traumatism
Description: This volume deals with the Iraqi cultural production under and after Baathist rule, a research field which in comparison to Iraqi history and politics has attracted relatively little scholarly attention. Analyzing the impact of dictatorship, sanctions, and successive wars on Iraqi culture, the dominant narratives and counter narratives are elaborated in detail. Special emphasis is laid on the analysis and critical re-evaluation of the cleavages running through Iraqi society. Several articles explore new points of departure and strategies of subversive writing, resisting repression and a culture of coercion.

Further contributions deal with the literary representations of the various identities and cultural memories of contemporary Iraq.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.