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The Dangers of Poetry: Culture, Politics, and Revolution Iraq
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The Dangers of Poetry: Culture, Politics, and Revolution Iraq
Current price: $70.00
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The Dangers of Poetry: Culture, Politics, and Revolution Iraq
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is the first book to narrate the social history of poetry in the modern Middle East. Moving beyond the analysis of poems as literary and intellectual texts, Kevin M. Jones shows how poems functioned as social acts that critically shaped the cultural politics of revolutionary Iraq. He narrates the history of three generations of Iraqi poets who navigated the fraught relationship between culture and politics in pursuit of their own ambitions and agendas. Through this historical analysis of thousands of poems published in newspapers, recited in popular demonstrations, and disseminated in secret whispers, this book reveals the overlooked contribution of these poets to the spirit of rebellion in modern Iraq.