Assyrians in Modern Iraq: Negotiating Political and Cultural Space

ISBN-13: 9781108838795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 292 str.

Alda Benjamen

Opis

Examines the role of minorities and identity in twentieth-century Iraqi political and cultural history through the relationship between the state and the Assyrians.

Recenzje

'Assyrians in Modern Iraq marks a critical contribution to the study of Iraqi history, not the least because the author refuses to fall into the trap of easy narratives of victimization and primordialism about Assyrian nationalism … an informative and engaging account of an important community whose role in Iraqi history has been marginalized.' Dina Rizk Khoury, Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: Identity, Urbanization, and Citizenzhip; 1. Assyrians and the Iraqi Communist Party; 2. The Role of Assyrians and Communists in the Kurdish uprising (1961–1975); 3. Between Reconciliation and Repression: Baʿthist Policies Towards the Assyrians in the 1970s; 4. Compliance, Negotiation, Resistance: Assyrian Press and Popular Culture (1970s–1980s); 5. The Re-establishment of the Assyrian Nationalist Political Movement (1970s–1980s); Conclusion; Appendix 1: Census Data Tables; Appendix 2: The 'Simele' song; Bibliography.