{"product_id":"9789814390569","title":"Writing The Modern History Of Iraq: Historiographical And Political Challenges: Historiographical and Political Challenges","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe modern history of Iraq is punctuated by a series of successive and radical ruptures (\u003ci\u003ecoups d'etat\u003c\/i\u003e, changes of regime, military adventures and foreign invasions) whose chronological markers are relatively easy to identify. Although researchers cannot ignore these ruptures, they should also be encouraged to establish links between the moments when the breaks occur and the \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e, in order to gain a better understanding of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining a variety of different disciplinary and methodological perspectives, this collection of essays seeks to establish some new markers which will open fresh perspectives on the history of Iraq in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and suggest a narrative that fits into new paradigms. The book covers the various different periods of the modern state (the British occupation and mandate, the monarchy, the first revolutions and the decades of Ba'thist rule) through the lens of significant groups in Iraq society, including artists, film-makers, political and opposition groups, members of ethnic and religious groups, and tribes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003e(Riccardo Bocco and Jordi Tejel)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDealing with the Past: Methodological Issues (Peter Sluglett):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvice from the Past: 'Ali al-Wardi on Literature and Society \u003ci\u003e(Orit Bashkin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting the History of Iraq: The Fallacy of “Objective” History \u003ci\u003e(Johan Franzén)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sectarian Master Narrative in Iraqi Historiography \u003ci\u003e(Reidar Visser)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeyond Political Ruptures: Towards a Historiography of Social Continuity in Iraq \u003ci\u003e(Peter Harling)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monarchist Era Revisited (Jordi Tejel):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Did It Mean to Be an Iraqi During the Monarchy? \u003ci\u003e(Hala Fattah)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Forty-One to \u003ci\u003eQadisiyyat Saddam\u003c\/i\u003e: Remarks on an Iraqi Realm of Memory \u003ci\u003e(Peter Wien)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding the Nation Through the Production of Difference \u003ci\u003e(Sara Pursley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking the Ba'thist Period (Hamit Bozarslan):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigging the Past: The Historiography of Archeology in Modern Iraq \u003ci\u003e(Magnus T Bernhardsson)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTotalitarianism Revisited: Framing the History of Ba'thist Iraq \u003ci\u003e(Achim Rohde)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to “Turn the Page” \u003ci\u003e(Fanny Lafourcade)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDealing with Victimhood: Whose Memories of Mass Violence? Between Oral and Official History:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFragmented Memory, Competing Narratives \u003ci\u003e(Karin Mlodoch)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Concept of Genocide as Part of Knowledge Production in Iraqi Kurdistan \u003ci\u003e(Andrea Fischer-Tahir)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1991 \u003ci\u003eIntifada\u003c\/i\u003e in Three Keys: Writing the History of Violence \u003ci\u003e(Dina Rizk Khoury)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'\u003ci\u003eQadisiyat Saddam\u003c\/i\u003e': The Gamble That Did Not Pay Off \u003ci\u003e(Chérine Chams El Dine)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShi'i Actors in Post-Saddam Iraq: Partisan Historiography (Peter Sluglett):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePartisan and Global Identity in the Historiography of Iraqi Religious Institutions \u003ci\u003e(Robert J Riggs)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNajaf and the (Re)Birth of Arab Shi'i Political Thought \u003ci\u003e(Michaelle Browers)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBetween Action and Symbols \u003ci\u003e(Elvire Corboz)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Population Movements in Contemporary Iraq: A Research Agenda (Géraldine Chatelard):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Brain Drain in Iraq After the 2003 Invasion \u003ci\u003e(Joseph Sassoon)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCosmopolitanism and Iraqi Migration \u003ci\u003e(Diane Duclos)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRepresenting Iraq History Through the Arts (Hamit Bozarslan):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterary Glimpses of Modern Iraqi History and Society \u003ci\u003e(Sami Zubaida)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory and Fiction in the New Iraqi Cinema \u003ci\u003e(Lucia Sorbera)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWar, Crimes and Video Tapes: Conflicting Memories in Films on Iraq \u003ci\u003e(Nicolas Masson)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetry in the Service of Nation Building? Political Commitment and Self-Assertion \u003ci\u003e(Leslie Tramontini)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot Just “For Art's Sake”: Exhibiting Iraqi Art in the West After 2003 \u003ci\u003e(Silvia Naef)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: State of the Art on Iraqi Studies: A Bibliographical Survey of English and French Sources \u003ci\u003e(Hamit Bozarslan and Jordi Tejel)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Professionals, students \u0026amp; scholars interested in historical, social \u0026amp; political issues in Iraq \u0026amp; the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143740834032,"sku":"9789814390569","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814390569_p0.jpg?v=1763690887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814390569","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}