03168nam 2200757 a 450 991097257790332120200520144314.09786612505812978128250581012825058159780226895277022689527010.7208/9780226895277(CKB)2670000000009720(EBL)488111(OCoLC)647877952(SSID)ssj0000343048(PQKBManifestationID)11249542(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343048(PQKBWorkID)10288288(PQKB)10460233(StDuBDS)EDZ0000117470(MiAaPQ)EBC488111(DE-B1597)523407(OCoLC)1135589745(DE-B1597)9780226895277(Au-PeEL)EBL488111(CaPaEBR)ebr10366808(CaONFJC)MIL250581(Perlego)1851303(EXLCZ)99267000000000972020060517d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSoft weapons autobiography in transit /Gillian Whitlock1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226895253 0226895254 9780226895260 0226895262 Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.Arablish : the Baghdad blogger -- The skin of the burka : recent life narratives from Afghanistan -- Testimony incarnate : read my lips -- Branding : the veiled best-seller -- Tainted testimony : the work of scandal -- Embedded : memoir and correspondents -- The pangs of exile : memoir out of Iran -- Bookends : autographics.Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, Marjane Satrapi's comics, and "Baghdad Blogger" Salam Pax's Internet diary are just a few examples of the new face of autobiography in an age of migration, globalization, and terror. But while autobiography and other genres of life writing can help us attend to people whose experiences are frequently unseen and unheard, life narratives can also be easily co-opted into propaganda. In Soft Weapons, Gillian Whitlock explores the dynamism and ubiquity of contemporary life writing about the Middle East and shows how these worIraq War, 2003-2011BiographyHistory and criticismExilesIranBiographyHistory and criticismAutobiographyMiddle EastBiographyHistory and criticismAfghanistanBiographyHistory and criticismIraq War, 2003-2011BiographyHistory and criticism.ExilesBiographyHistory and criticism.Autobiography.920.056Whitlock Gillian1953-1810578MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972577903321Soft weapons4361968UNINA