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Tunisian Revolutions : Reflections on Seas, Coasts, and Interiors /

In December 2010 an out-of-work Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire and precipitated the Arab Spring. Popular interpretations of Bouazizi's self-immolation presented economic and political oppression by the Ben Ali regimes as the root causes of widespread social despai...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Clancy-Smith, Julia (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note on transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Preludes and postscripts : of baguettes and social protest
  • Coastalization : agriculture, colonialism, and the granary of Rome
  • Coastalization and globalization : tourism, profane and sacred
  • Mediterranean women, politics, and Islam
  • Mediterranean games, politics, and dissent
  • From Sidi Bou Saʻid to Sidi Bouzid : targets and symbols
  • Conclusion.