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OverviewFollowing the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, many Iraqi academics were assassinated. Countless others received bullets in envelopes and instructions to leave their institutions (and in many cases the country) or get killed. Many heeded the warning and fled into exile. Having played such a pivotal role in shaping post-independence Iraqi society, the exile and internal displacement of its academics has had a profound impact. Tracing the academic, political and social lives of 63 academics, Bullets in Envelopes offers a 'genealogy of loss', and a groundbreaking appraisal of the dismantling and restructuring of Iraqi institutions, culture and society. Through extensive fieldwork in the UK, Jordan and Iraqi Kurdistan, Louis Yako shows the human side of the destructive 2003 occupation, and asks us to imagine a better future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Louis YakoPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Weight: 0.279kg ISBN: 9780745341989ISBN 10: 0745341985 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 20 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Story of This Story 2. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Ba'ath Era 3. The Ba'ath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back 4. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation 5. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement 6. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University 7. Language as a Metonym for Politics 8. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the FutureReviews'These life stories of academics from around the globe tell a vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' -- Miriam Cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University 'These life stories of academics from around the globe tell a vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' -- Miriam Cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University 'Searing! The American assault aimed to 'end' the Iraqi state and shatter the culture that sustained it. Yako retrieves the stories of some sixty displaced Iraqi academics. Distillations of their experiences read as if written on shards of glass that penetrate the skin and wound the heart' -- Raymond W. Baker, Board Director, International Council for Middle East Studies, Washington, D.C. 'Luis Yako's thinking is as compelling as his writing. 'Bullets in Envelopes' persuasively shifts the politics of argumentation. He uses anthropology to convey the existential turbulence of academics in exile after the US invasion, instead of using academics to advance the discipline' -- Walter D. Mignolo, author of 'The Politics of Decolonial Investigations' (Duke University Press, 2021) Author InformationLouis Yako is an independent Iraqi-American anthropologist, writer, poet and journalist. He has written for a range of publications including CounterPunch, openDemocracy, Global Research and The Feminist Wire. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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