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Theatre of Iraq Under Occupation, 2003-2011

James Al-Shamma

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Description:"Description: Theatre of Iraq under Occupation is the first book in English dedicated solely to the theatre of Iraq, a country that has been a focal point of American strategy in the Middle East in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, with the aid of its allies, most notably Britain. The second invasion of Iraq occurred in 2003; the occupation lasted until 2011. Although the military action deposed the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein, which was welcomed by many Iraqis, it devastated and fractured a nation already weakened by more than a decade of sanctions. Foreign terrorists seized the opportunity to wreak havoc, and religious sectarians engaged in a civil war. A hastily drafted constitution established a democracy, but the flawed document ushered in a corrupt, inefficient, and inept kleptocracy. Iraqi playwrights depicted this chaos on the stage and captured the sensation that the homeland, variously conceived, had been lost and Iraqi identity, as variously conceived in the popular imagination, and as rooted in that homeland, had come unmoored. In doing so, they created a space in which their Iraqi audience might lament the loss of homeland and identity. At the same time, they appealed to a broader Arab audience for sympathy and solidarity, in depicting the invading American soldier as a barbarian presence, extending the Western colonial project in the Middle East. In instances in which playwrights had opportunities to stage their works in the West, their hope was to educate their audience in lives lost, and destruction wrought upon Iraq by a military action that was being promoted, by the White House, as a work of liberation. Theatre of Iraq under Occupation also provides historical information about Iraqi theatre prior to 2003, filling a much-needed gap in Arab theatre studies"-- Provided by publisherWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Theatre of Iraq Under Occupation, 2003-2011. To get started finding Theatre of Iraq Under Occupation, 2003-2011, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 254

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Release: 2025

ISBN: 9781685970420

Description: "Description: Theatre of Iraq under Occupation is the first book in English dedicated solely to the theatre of Iraq, a country that has been a focal point of American strategy in the Middle East in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, with the aid of its allies, most notably Britain. The second invasion of Iraq occurred in 2003; the occupation lasted until 2011. Although the military action deposed the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein, which was welcomed by many Iraqis, it devastated and fractured a nation already weakened by more than a decade of sanctions. Foreign terrorists seized the opportunity to wreak havoc, and religious sectarians engaged in a civil war. A hastily drafted constitution established a democracy, but the flawed document ushered in a corrupt, inefficient, and inept kleptocracy. Iraqi playwrights depicted this chaos on the stage and captured the sensation that the homeland, variously conceived, had been lost and Iraqi identity, as variously conceived in the popular imagination, and as rooted in that homeland, had come unmoored. In doing so, they created a space in which their Iraqi audience might lament the loss of homeland and identity. At the same time, they appealed to a broader Arab audience for sympathy and solidarity, in depicting the invading American soldier as a barbarian presence, extending the Western colonial project in the Middle East. In instances in which playwrights had opportunities to stage their works in the West, their hope was to educate their audience in lives lost, and destruction wrought upon Iraq by a military action that was being promoted, by the White House, as a work of liberation. Theatre of Iraq under Occupation also provides historical information about Iraqi theatre prior to 2003, filling a much-needed gap in Arab theatre studies"-- Provided by publisherWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Theatre of Iraq Under Occupation, 2003-2011. To get started finding Theatre of Iraq Under Occupation, 2003-2011, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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