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Dissident Syria : making oppositional arts official
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- Creator
- Miriam Cooke
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Durham : Duke University Press, 2007
- Physical Details
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- viii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780822390565, 0822340356, 9780822340164, 082234016X, 0822390566, 9780822340355
- OCLC
- ocn608497853, ocm80361178
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) 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