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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-005.mrc:131919737:2751
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008 970127s1998 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 97002308
020 $a0195114396 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)36301449
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm36301449
035 $9AND4770CU
035 $a(NNC)2101204
035 $a2101204
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$dNNC$dOrLoB-B
041 1 $aeng$hheb
043 $aa-iq---
050 00 $aDS79.7$b.B4613 1998
082 00 $a320.9567/01/4$221
100 1 $aBengio, Ofra.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90012172
240 10 $aʻIraḳ shel Tsadam.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97008992
245 10 $aSaddam's word :$bpolitical discourse in Iraq /$cOfra Bengio.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1998.
263 $a9801
300 $axiii, 266 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aStudies in Middle Eastern history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.
520 $aThis is the first serious attempt to understand modern Iraq through a close examination of the political discourse used by the Bath regime and its leader, Saddam Hussein. Drawing from newspaper articles and official publications, as well as Hussein's public statements, speeches, and writing, Saddam's Word demonstrates how the regime's propaganda defines the range of acceptable public discussion and manipulates history in an attempt to unify diverse and competing ethnic and religious groups.
520 8 $aThe revival and rewriting of Iraqi and Islamic myth, along with the construction of viable contemporary myths in today's language, are key instruments in the regime's credibility. Its 29-year hold on Iraqi power - unbroken through war, economic disaster, and ethnic strife - can be largely attributed to the subjugation of the media and public discourse to its own ends.
520 8 $aSaddam's Word will be of much interest to students and scholars of the contemporary Middle East, to observers of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and to those interested in how a regime maintains power by controlling public discourse.
651 0 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y1979-1991.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93003204
650 0 $aDiscourse analysis$xPolitical aspects$zIraq.
650 0 $aGovernment and the press$zIraq.
650 0 $aMass media policy$zIraq.
600 10 $aHussein, Saddam,$d1937-2006.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81024571
830 0 $aStudies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84720545
852 00 $bleh$hDS79.7.B4613 1998