Title Bullets in envelopes : Iraqi academics in exile / Louis Yako

Published London : Pluto Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Starting from the End: Returning to Iraq after a Decade in Exile -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Story of This Story -- Questions and Contributions -- Fieldwork and Research -- Chapter-by-Chapter Summary -- Part I -- 1. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Baath Era -- The Conveniently Omitted Nuances of Iraq's Story in Western Discourse -- A More Refined Understanding of the Iraqi Baath Era -- 2. The Baath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back -- Communist Academics and the Baath Curriculum, Fellowships, and Freedom of Expression -- Women Academics under the Baath -- Religion and Sectarianism under the Baath -- 3. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation -- Documented Facts and Consequences of the UN Sanctions -- Blockaded on Every Side -- Women Academics during the Sanctions -- Academic Voices Critiquing the Iraqi Regime -- Part II -- 4. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement -- Restructuring State and Society through Cultural and Academic Cleansing -- Killings, Assassinations, and Threats as Cleansing Sectarian Violence as Cleansing -- "De-Baathification" as Cleansing -- 5. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University -- Exile Starts at Home -- Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Jordan -- Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Iraqi Kurdistan -- The Campus as "Concentration Camp" -- 6. Language as a Metonym for Politics -- The Politics of Language on Campus -- The Social Implications -- Do Sad Stories Ever End? -- 7. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the Future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary The social and intellectual history of Iraq told through the academic, political and social experiences of Iraqi academics in exile Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 30, 2021) Subject Exiled scholars -- Iraq Exiled scholars -- Political activity -- Iraq Exiled scholars Social conditions SUBJECT Iraq -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004005943 Subject Iraq Form Electronic book ISBN 9781786807458 1786807459 9781786807441 1786807440 9781786807465 1786807467

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