The Mesopotamian campaign during World War I was a critical moment in Britain s position in the Middle East. With British and British Indian troops fighting in places which have become well-known in the wake of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, such as Basra, the campaign led to the establishment of the British Mandate in Iraq in 1921. Nadia Atia believes that in order to fully understand Britain s policies in creating the nascent state of Iraq, we must first look at how the war shaped Britons conceptions of the region. Atia does this through a cultural and military history of the changing British...
The Mesopotamian campaign during World War I was a critical moment in Britain s position in the Middle East. With British and British Indian troops fi...
Drawing together the insights of postcolonial scholarship and cultural studies, Popular Postcolonialisms questions the place of the popular in the postcolonial paradigm. Multidisciplinary in focus, this collection explores the extent to which popular forms are infused with colonial logics, and whether they can be employed by those advocating for change. It considers a range of fiction, film, and non-hegemonic cultural forms, engaging with topics such as environmental change, language activism, and cultural imperialism alongside analysis of figures like Tarzan and Lawrence of Arabia....
Drawing together the insights of postcolonial scholarship and cultural studies, Popular Postcolonialisms questions the place of the popular ...
