TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitlock,Gillian
TI  - Soft weapons: autobiography in transit 
SN  - 0226895254
AV  - CT1866 .W47 2007
U1  - 920.056 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Exiles
KW  - Iran
KW  - Biography
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Middle East
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006016447-b.html
ER  -