The Dangers of Poetry
Culture, Politics, and Revolution in Iraq
Poetry has long dominated the cultural landscape of modern Iraq, simultaneously representing the literary pinnacle of high culture and giving voice to the popular discourses of mass culture. As the favored genre of culture expression for religious clerics, nationalist politicians, leftist dissidents, and avant-garde intellectuals, poetry critically shaped the social, political, and cultural debates that consumed the Iraqi public sphere in the twentieth century. The popularity of poetry in modern Iraq, however, made it a dangerous practice that carried serious political consequences and grave risks to dissident poets.The Dangers of Poetry is t…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5036-1387-4
- EAN: 9781503613874
- Produktnummer: 34602082
- Verlag: Stanford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'221 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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Kevin M. Jones is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Georgia.
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