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It traces historical turning points from the aftermath of the Ottoman collapse, through British mandate rule and anti-colonial struggles, to repression and censorship under successive regimes, including the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War era, and the sanctions period. It then contrasts expectations after 2003 with deteriorating security and rising civil conflict. The text highlights how Iraqi intellectuals, writers, and artists interpret the past, focusing on how conflicting representations interweave in a fragmented, traumatized society.","Literaturen im Kontext. arabisch – persisch – türkisch 35  \nConflicting Narratives: War, Trauma and Memory in Iraqi Culture  \nBearbeitet von  \nStephan Milich, Friederike Pannewick, Leslie Tramontini  \n1. Auflage 2012. Buch. HardcoverISBN 978 3 89500 806 1Format (B x L): 17 x 24 cm  \nWeitere Fachgebiete > Literatur, Sprache > Literatur sonstiger Sprachräume >  \nLiteratur des Nahen Ostens & NordafrikasZu Inhaltsverzeichnis  \nschnell und portofreierhältlich bei  \nDie Online-Fachbuchhandlung beck-shop.de ist spezialisiert aufFachbücher, insbesondere Recht, Steuern und Wirtschaft.Im Sortiment finden Sie alle Medien (Bücher, Zeitschriften, CDs, eBooks, etc.) aller Verlage. Ergänzt wird das Programmdurch Services wie Neuerscheinungsdienst oder Zusammenstellungen von Büchern zu Sonderpreisen. Der Shop führt mehrals 8 Millionen Produkte.  \n# Introduction\n\nStephan Milich, FriederikePannewick, Leslie Tramontini  \nMin ayna yurjā lil-ʿIrāqi taqaddumu / wa-sabīlu mumtalakīhi ghayru sabīlihi...1How to hope for Iraq’s progress / when the way of her rulers is not her own...  \nMaʿrūf al-Ruṣāfī’s verse from the early 1920s resonates with much of Iraq’s modernhistoriography. Since its inception after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq’s history hasbeen perceived as turbulent and tragic. In most historiographical accounts and public memory,Iraqi politics after the‘instauration’of the Iraqi monarchy by the British in 1921, is consideredto have mainly served the interests of the foreign colonial power and its domestic‘collaborators’. The first anti-colonial uprising in 1920 (thawrat al- ՙishrīn) against the Britishhad failed. Later efforts to establish democratic structures during the British mandate resultedin the consolidation of power of a limited number of families; cabinet after cabinet duplicateditself, reshuffling members of the same families who took over various ministerial functions. Inthe 1930s rebellions against corruption and British influence, which kept determining thecourse of Iraq’s politics in spite of formal independence in the year 1932, were brutally quelled.The 1940s witnessed even more brutal repressions and more dependency on the British but alsothe growth of political parties and activism. Hand in hand with this came a flourishing ofcultural and artistic movements, with the “Free Verse” (al-shiʿr al-ḥurr) soon becoming aleading literary model in the whole Arab world. The revolution of 1958 brought with it greathopes for a better society, social justice and an independent politics, – hopes that were dashedquite early on. Republican governments followed in the 1960s, but they remained instable.After a period of relative stabilization as well as economic and social progress in the first yearsof Baathist rule in the 1970s, Saddam Hussein’s seizure of power at the end of the decadeushered in an unprecedented period of brutalization of society and totalitarian politics: anenormous machinery of surveillance, repression and censorship was put in motion which spreadits tentacles throughout daily life, both private and public. The internal opposition wasoppressed, killed and outlawed; neighbours were attacked militarily, resulting in the longdrawn-out Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and the invasion of Kuwait in 1990–91. As a result, a harshregime of international sanctions, imposed on the country, would remain in place all throughthe 1990s until the invasion of 2003. Its repercussions were grave: the erosion of society, thecrippling of the economy, the impoverishment of the middle class, an immense exodus ofintellectuals, professionals and artists, the revival of confessional and tribal identities (alreadyinitiated by Saddam in the 1980s), and international and regional isolation. In 2003 the USinvasion, unauthorized by the United Nations, toppled Saddam’s regime but at the price of anew occupation. 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