Return to ruin : Iraqi narratives of exile and nostalgia /

With the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis abroad, hoping to return one day to a better Iraq, became uncertain exiles. Return to Ruin tells the human story of this exile in the context of decades of U.S. imperial interests in Iraq--from the U.S. backing of the 1963 Ba'th coup and support of Saddam...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Saleh, Zainab (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
2003-2011
Exiles > Iraq.
Iraqis > Great Britain.
Iraqis > Foreign countries.
Refugees > Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Irakiens > Grande-Bretagne.
Irakiens > Pays étrangers.
Réfugiés > Irak.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011.
Exiles.
Iraqis.
Refugees.
Great Britain.
Iraq.
diaspora.
empire.
melancholy.
nostalgia.
piety.
revolution.
selfhood.
subjectivity.
violence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Empire and Subjectivity
  • 1. Emancipation and Revolution
  • 2. Revisionist Politics
  • 3. Religious Paths, Secular Pasts
  • 4. Itineraries of Homecomings
  • 5. Dispossession and Authenticity
  • 6. Conclusion : Enduring Legacies.

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