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Author Taleghani, R. Shareah, author

Title Readings in Syrian prison literature : the poetics of human rights / R. Shareah Taleghani
Edition First edition
Published Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 290 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
Summary ""Readings in Syrian Prison Literature" is a comprehensive study of the contemporary genre of prison literature (adab al-sujun) produced by political detainees in Syria over the past five decades. It examines the intertwined relationships between prison writings, oppositional political movements in Syria, modern Arabic literary experimentalism, and global human rights discourse"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 16, 2021)
Subject Political prisoners -- Syria
Political prisoners' writings, Arabic.
Human rights -- Syria
Social movements -- Political aspects -- Syria
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
Human rights
Political prisoners
Political prisoners' writings, Arabic
Politics and government
Social movements -- Political aspects
SUBJECT Syria -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Syria
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020035201
ISBN 9780815655206
0815655207