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Author:   Louis Yako
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Weight:   0.475kg
ISBN:  

9780745341972

ISBN 10:   0745341977
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Starting from the End: Returning to Iraq after a Decade in Exile Acknowledgments Introduction: The Story of This Story Questions and Contributions Fieldwork and Research Chapter-by-Chapter Summary PART I 1. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Ba'ath Era The Conveniently Omitted Nuances of Iraq's Story in Western Discourse A More Refined Understanding of the Iraqi Ba'ath Era 2. The Ba'ath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back Communist Academics and the Ba'ath Curriculum, Fellowships, and Freedom of Expression Women Academics under the Ba'ath Religion and Sectarianism under the Ba'ath 3. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation Documented Facts and Consequences of the UN Sanctions Blockaded on Every Side Women Academics during the Sanctions Academic Voices Critiquing the Iraqi Regime PART II 4. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement Restructuring State and Society through Cultural and Academic Cleansing Killings, Assassinations, and Threats as Cleansing Sectarian Violence as Cleansing De-Ba'athification as Cleansing 5. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University Exile Starts at Home Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Jordan Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Iraqi Kurdistan The Campus as Concentration Camp 6. Language as a Metonym for Politics The Politics of Language on Campus The Social Implications Do Sad Stories Ever End? 7. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the Future Notes Bibliography Index

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'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)

'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

Author Information

Louis 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.

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