LEADER 03478nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910792375303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-50581-5 010 $a9786612505812 010 $a0-226-89527-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226895277 035 $a(CKB)2670000000009720 035 $a(EBL)488111 035 $a(OCoLC)647877952 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11249542 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10288288 035 $a(PQKB)10460233 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000117470 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC488111 035 $a(DE-B1597)523407 035 $a(OCoLC)1135589745 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226895277 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL488111 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10366808 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250581 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000009720 100 $a20060517d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoft weapons$b[electronic resource] $eautobiography in transit /$fGillian Whitlock 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-89525-4 311 $a0-226-89526-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index. 327 $aArablish : 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. 330 $aAzar 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 wor 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aExiles$zIran$xBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAutobiography 607 $aMiddle East$xBiography$xHistory and criticism 607 $aAfghanistan$xBiography$xHistory and criticism 610 $aautobiography, middle east, memoir, biography, life narratives, propaganda, terrorism, globalization, migration, islam, religion, commodification, race, prejudice, blog, salam pax, persepolis, satrapi, iraq, journalists, honor lost, norma khouri, fraud, arab women, jean sasson, afghanistan, war zones, testimony, refugees, reading lolita in tehran, azar nafisi, literary culture, scandal, exile, immigration, emigration, nonfiction. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xBiography$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aExiles$xBiography$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAutobiography. 676 $a920.056 700 $aWhitlock$b Gillian$f1953-$01499081 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792375303321 996 $aSoft weapons$93852399 997 $aUNINA