Whitlock, Gillian,  1953- <br/><br/>
Soft weapons :  autobiography in transit / 
Gillian Whitlock. 
 - x, 248 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226895254 0226895262 9780226895253 9780226895260 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006016447 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Autobiography.<br/>Exiles--Biography--History and criticism.--Iran<br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011--Biography--History and criticism
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Afghanistan--Biography--History and criticism.<br/>Middle East--Biography--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CT1866  / .W47 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>920.056