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Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia

A Century of Protestscapes

By: Larbi Sadiki,Layla Saleh

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Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia

A Century of Protestscapes

By: Larbi Sadiki,Layla Saleh

This book offers a novel and interdisciplinary exploration of revolution as situated protest in Tunisia. Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh present extensive local evidence to demonstrate that popular resistance has been a mainstay of modern Tunisia before, during, and after colonialism. Protest makes peoplehood, and peoplehood makes protest: neither is self-contained. The book explores the rich history and diversity of insurrectionary politics in Tunisia from the onset of protests in the 1960s up to the 2011 Arab Spring revolution and beyond, exploring bottom-up activism (hirak) and revolution (thawrah). The six protestscapes presented in the volume (unions, student activists, the phosphate uprising, the 2010-11 revolution, Kamour, and football ultras) offer a novel way of examining partial 'moving snapshots' that are crucial to understanding revolution. They counter the prevailing narrative of revolution as leaderless, a spontaneous surprise with no historical pedigree or inherited learning, and depict instead an active citizenry whose collective memories are stamped by trials of anti-colonial and anti-dictatorial rebellion.

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Oxford University Press

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0192678914

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9780192678911

US Hard Power in the Arab World

Resistance, the Syrian Uprising and the War on Terror

By: Layla Saleh

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US Hard Power in the Arab World

Resistance, the Syrian Uprising and the War on Terror

By: Layla Saleh

Neither stability nor change in the post-colonial Arab world can be fully understood without considering the international context, and American Foreign policy in particular. However, the exact nature of America’s presence in the Arab world, and the scope and modes of its influence, all appear to have reached a crossroads since the Arab uprisings. ‘US Hard Power in the Arab World’ traces the US’s "power of persuasion" in the Arab Middle East from the onset of the War on Terror in 2001 through to the Arab Spring. With a particular focus on Syria, the book explores the limits of an American "smart power" amid the emergence of a growing indigenous "soft power" whose ire is directed not only at Assad’s regime, but also at the violence perpetrated or enabled by the international community, headed by the US. It is argued that the blurring of the two forms of "soft" and "hard" American power has tarnished the credibility of US policies geared to win hearts and minds in the Arab world. ‘US Hard Power in the Arab World’ narrates the contests between attraction and intimidation, public diplomacy and military occupation, elites and publics, seduction and resistance. Drawing upon a multitude of primary sources, including personal interviews with Syrian activists and opposition figures, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Middle East Politics, as well as those concerned with American Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315513005

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9781315513003

Contemporary PerforMemory

Dancing through Spacetime, Historical Trauma, and Diaspora in the 21st Century

By: Layla Zami

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Contemporary PerforMemory

Dancing through Spacetime, Historical Trauma, and Diaspora in the 21st Century

By: Layla Zami

Contemporary PerforMemory looks at dance works created in the 21st century by choreographers identifying as Afro-European, Jewish, Black, Palestinian, and Taiwanese-Chinese-American. It explores how contemporary dance-makers engage with historical traumas such as the Shoah and the Maafa to reimagine how the past is remembered and how the future is anticipated. The new idea of perforMemory arises within a lively blend of interdisciplinary theory, interviews, performance analysis, and personal storytelling. Scholar and artist Layla Zami traces unexpected pathways, inviting the reader to move gracefully across disciplines, geographies, and histories. Featuring insightful interviews with seven international artists: Oxana Chi, Zufit Simon, André M. Zachery, Chantal Loïal, Wan-Chao Chang, Farah Saleh, and Christiane Emmanuel.

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transcript Verlag

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3839455251

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9783839455258

US Hard Power in the Arab World

Resistance, the Syrian Uprising and the War on Terror

By: Layla Saleh

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Resistance, the Syrian Uprising and the War on Terror

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Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia

A Century of Protestscapes

By: Larbi Sadiki,Layla Saleh

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A Century of Protestscapes

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Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia

Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia

US Hard Power in the Arab World

US Hard Power in the Arab World

Contemporary PerforMemory

Contemporary PerforMemory

US Hard Power in the Arab World

US Hard Power in the Arab World

Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia

Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia

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