Syria from reform to revolt Volume 2, Culture, society, and religion Volume 2, Culture, society, and religion

As Syria's anti-authoritarian uprising and subsequent civil war have left the country in ruins, the need for understanding the nation's complex political and cultural realities remains urgent. The second of a two-volume series, Syria from Reform to Revolt: Culture, Society, and Religion dr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Salamandra, Christa (-), Stenberg, Leif, Weiss, Max, 1977-, Della Ratta, Donatella, Silverstein, Shayna, Ruiz de Elvira, Laura, Bandak, Andreas, Pierret, Thomas
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press 2015.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : A legacy of raised expectations / Christa Salamandra and Leif Stenberg
  • What lies beneath : political criticism in recent Syrian fiction / Max Weiss
  • Syria's drama outpouring : between complicity and critique / Christa Salamandra
  • The "whisper strategy" : how Syrian drama makers shape television fiction in the context of authoritarianism and commodification / Donatella Della Ratta
  • Cultural liberalization or marginalization? : the cultural politics of Syrian folk dance during social market reform / Shayna Silverstein
  • Christian charities and the Ba'thist regime in Bashar al-Asad's Syria : a comparative analysis / Laura Ruiz de Elvira
  • Performing the nation : Syrian Christians on the national stage / Andreas Bandak
  • Merchant background, bourgeois ethics : the Syrian 'ulama' and economic liberalization / Thomas Pierret
  • Muslim organizations in Bashar's Syria : the transformation of the Shaykh Ahmad Kuftaro foundation / Leif Stenberg.Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East.