Dissident Syria
Dissident Syria making oppositional arts official Miriam Cooke
Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007
ISBN: 0822390566
LCC: DS94.6
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Culture is humanity's highest
need" / As if . . . / Slogans, slogans everywhere -- Freedom and
democracy -- Our literature does not leave the country / Nadia
al-Ghazzi / Colette al-Khuri -- No such thing as women's literature /
Ulfat Idilbi / Salons and Mallahat al-Khani / Nadia Khust and the
Nadwa -- Commissioned criticism / Culture after the Fall of the Wall
/ Commissioned criticism / The fantasy of choice -- Dissident
performances / Performing dissidence / The ghoul / -- Historical
miniatures -- Filming dreams / The extras / Dreaming features /
Documenting dreams -- Lighten your step / Ibrahim Samuil / Waiting /
Ghassan al-Jaba'i / Lessons from a rogue state -- Leaving Damascus --
Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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