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LEADER: 01838cam a22003138a 4500
001 2007003444
003 DLC
005 20070323085824.0
008 070125s2007 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007003444
020 $a9780822340164 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780822340355 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $aa-sy---
050 00 $aDS94.6$b.C66 2007
082 00 $a956.9104/2$222
100 1 $aCooke, Miriam.
245 10 $aDissident Syria :$bmaking oppositional arts official /$cMiriam Cooke.
260 $aDurham, NC :$bDuke University Press,$c2007.
263 $a0708
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Culture is humanity's highest need" / As if . . . / Slogans, slogans everywhere -- Freedom and democracy -- Our literature does not leave the country / Nadia al-Ghazzi / Colette al-Khuri -- No such thing as women's literature / Ulfat Idilbi / Salons and Mallahat al-Khani / Nadia Khust and the Nadwa -- Commissioned criticism / Culture after the Fall of the Wall / Commissioned criticism / The fantasy of choice -- Dissident performances / Performing dissidence / The ghoul / -- Historical miniatures -- Filming dreams / The extras / Dreaming features / Documenting dreams -- Lighten your step / Ibrahim Samuil / Waiting / Ghassan al-Jaba'i / Lessons from a rogue state -- Leaving Damascus -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
651 0 $aSyria$xIntellectual life.
650 0 $aDissenters, Artistic$zSyria.
650 0 $aArt$xPolitical aspects$zSyria.
650 0 $aArabic literature$zSyria$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aArabic literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003444.html