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Author Bengio, Ofra

Title Saddam's word : political discourse in Iraq / Ofra Bengio
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)
Series Studies in Middle Eastern history
Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)
Contents Introduction : language and politics -- Revolution and revival -- From "popular" to totalitarian democracy -- Unity and separatism -- Cycles of enmity and violence -- Epic and apocalypse -- Conclusion : the rape of language
Summary By analyzing political terms, concepts, and idioms as used by Saddam Hussein and the Ba'th regime, author Ofra Bengio illuminates Iraq's political culture and the events that these expressions have both reflected and shaped
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006
SUBJECT Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006. fast (OCoLC)fst01447709
Subject Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- Iraq
Government and the press -- Iraq
Mass media policy -- Iraq
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects.
Government and the press.
Mass media policy.
Politics and government
SUBJECT Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1979-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93003204
Subject Iraq.
Form Electronic book
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Other Titles ʻIraḳ shel Tsadam. English