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Syria from reform to revolt. Volume 2, Culture, society, and religion /

As Syria's anti-authoritarian uprising and subsequent civil war have left the country in ruins, the need for understanding the nation's complex political and cultural realities remains urgent. The second of a two-volume series, Syria from Reform to Revolt: Culture, Society, and Religion dr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Salamandra, Christa (Autor, Editor ), Stenberg, Leif (Autor, Editor ), Weiss, Max, 1977- (Autor), Della Ratta, Donatella (Autor), Silverstein, Shayna (Autor), Ruiz de Elvira, Laura (Autor), Bandak, Andreas (Autor), Pierret, Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Colección:Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : A legacy of raised expectations / Christa Salamandra and Leif Stenberg
  • What lies beneath : political criticism in recent Syrian fiction / Max Weiss
  • Syria's drama outpouring : between complicity and critique / Christa Salamandra
  • The "whisper strategy" : how Syrian drama makers shape television fiction in the context of authoritarianism and commodification / Donatella Della Ratta
  • Cultural liberalization or marginalization? : the cultural politics of Syrian folk dance during social market reform / Shayna Silverstein
  • Christian charities and the Ba'thist regime in Bashar al-Asad's Syria : a comparative analysis / Laura Ruiz de Elvira
  • Performing the nation : Syrian Christians on the national stage / Andreas Bandak
  • Merchant background, bourgeois ethics : the Syrian 'ulama' and economic liberalization / Thomas Pierret
  • Muslim organizations in Bashar's Syria : the transformation of the Shaykh Ahmad Kuftaro foundation / Leif Stenberg. Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East.