A study of the state-encouraged production of "dissident art" in Syria under the thirty-year authoritarian rule of Hafiz Asad, and the filmmakers, fiction writers, playwrights, and artists that contested their own appropriation.
A study of the state-encouraged production of "dissident art" in Syria under the thirty-year authoritarian rule of Hafiz Asad, and the filmmakers, fiction writers, playwrights, and artists that contested their own appropriation.
miriam cooke is a professor of Arabic literature and culture at Duke University. Her books include Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism through Literature and Women and the War Story as well as the coedited collections Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop; Opening the Gates: An Anthology of Arab Feminist Writing; and Blood into Ink: South Asian and Middle Eastern Women Write War.
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Acknowledgments vii Introduction 3 1. “Culture is Humanity’s Highest Need” 19 As If... 20 Slogans, Slogans Everywhere 26 Freedom and Democracy 30 2. Our Literature Does Not Leave the Country 36 Nadia al-Ghazzi 39 Colette al-Khuri 42 3. No Such Thing as Women’s Literature 48 Ulfat Idilbi 49 Salons and Mallahat al-Khani 53 Nadia Khust and the Nadwa 57 4. Commissioned Criticism 65 Culture after the Fall of the Wall 68 Commissioned Criticism 72 The Fantasy of Choice 77 5. Dissident Performances 81 Performing Dissidence 84 The Ghoul 87 Historical Miniatures 92 6. Filming Dreams 100 The Extras 102 Dreaming Features 106 Documenting Dreams 116 7. Lighten Your Step 121 Ibrahim Samu’il 124 Waiting 127 Ghassan al-Jaba’i 130 Lessons from a Rogue State 142 8. Leaving Damascus 145 Postscript 160 Notes 167 Bibliography 177 Index 187
Acknowledgments vii Introduction 3 1. “Culture is Humanity’s Highest Need” 19 As If... 20 Slogans, Slogans Everywhere 26 Freedom and Democracy 30 2. Our Literature Does Not Leave the Country 36 Nadia al-Ghazzi 39 Colette al-Khuri 42 3. No Such Thing as Women’s Literature 48 Ulfat Idilbi 49 Salons and Mallahat al-Khani 53 Nadia Khust and the Nadwa 57 4. Commissioned Criticism 65 Culture after the Fall of the Wall 68 Commissioned Criticism 72 The Fantasy of Choice 77 5. Dissident Performances 81 Performing Dissidence 84 The Ghoul 87 Historical Miniatures 92 6. Filming Dreams 100 The Extras 102 Dreaming Features 106 Documenting Dreams 116 7. Lighten Your Step 121 Ibrahim Samu’il 124 Waiting 127 Ghassan al-Jaba’i 130 Lessons from a Rogue State 142 8. Leaving Damascus 145 Postscript 160 Notes 167 Bibliography 177 Index 187
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