Soft weapons : autobiography in transit / Gillian Whitlock.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007Description: x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226895254
- 0226895262
- 9780226895253
- 9780226895260
- 920.056 22
- CT1866 .W47 2007
Contents:
Summary: Explores the dynamism and ubiquity of contemporary life writing about the Middle East and shows how these works have been packaged, promoted, and enlisted in Western controversies.
Arablish : the Baghdad blogger -- The skin of the burka : recent life narratives from Afghanistan -- Testimony incarnate : read my lips -- Branding : the veiled best-seller -- Tainted testimony : the work of scandal -- Embedded : memoir and correspondents -- The pangs of exile : memoir out of Iran -- Bookends : autographics.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 920.056 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A375589B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.
Arablish : the Baghdad blogger -- The skin of the burka : recent life narratives from Afghanistan -- Testimony incarnate : read my lips -- Branding : the veiled best-seller -- Tainted testimony : the work of scandal -- Embedded : memoir and correspondents -- The pangs of exile : memoir out of Iran -- Bookends : autographics.
Explores the dynamism and ubiquity of contemporary life writing about the Middle East and shows how these works have been packaged, promoted, and enlisted in Western controversies.
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