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Moments of silence : authenticity in the cultural expressions of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
- Title
- Moments of silence : authenticity in the cultural expressions of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 / edited by Arta Khakpour, Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami and Shouleh Vatanabadi.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press : NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, [2016]
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- Description
- viii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- The Iran-Iraq War was the longest conventional war of the 20th century. The memory of it may have faded in the wake of more recent wars in the region, but the harrowing facts remain: over one million soldiers and civilians dead, millions more permanently displaced and disabled, and an entire generation marked by prosthetic implants and teenage martyrdom. These same facts have been instrumentalized by agendas both foreign and domestic, but also aestheticized, defamiliarized, readdressed and reconciled by artists, writers, and filmmakers across an array of identities: linguistic (Arabic, Persian, Kurdish), religious (Shiite, Sunni, atheist), and political (Iranian, Iraqi, internationalist). Official discourses have unsurprisingly tried to dominate the process of production and distribution of war narratives. In doing so, they have ignored and silenced other voices. Centering on novels, films, memoirs, and poster art that gave aesthetic expression to the Iran-Iraq War, the essays gathered in this volume present multiple perspectives on the war's most complex and underrepresented narratives. These scholars do not naively claim to represent an authenticity lacking in official discourses of the war, but rather, they call into question the notion of authenticity itself. Finding, deciding upon, and creating a language that can convey any sort of truth at all-collective, national, or private-is the major preoccupation of the texts and critiques in this diverse collection.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-4371
- ISBN
- 9781479841585
- 1479841587
- 9781479805099
- 1479805092
- LCCN
- 2015025923
- 40026692511
- OCLC
- 922572325
- Title
- Moments of silence : authenticity in the cultural expressions of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 / edited by Arta Khakpour, Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami and Shouleh Vatanabadi.
- Publisher
- New York : New York University Press : NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1980-1988
- Added Author
- Khakpour, Arta, editor.Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi, editor.Vatanabadi, Shouleh, 1955- editor.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40026692511
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-4371