Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official

by Miriam Cooke

Book Overview

From 1970 until his death in 2000, Hafiz Asad ruled Syria with an iron fist. His regime controlled every aspect of daily life. Seeking to preempt popular unrest, Asad sometimes facilitated the expression of anti-government sentiment by appropriating the work of artists and writers, turning works of protest into official agitprop. Syrian dissidents were forced to negotiate between the desire to genuinely criticize the authoritarian regime, the risk...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822340356
• ISBN13: 9780822340355
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 8.7"