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Summary: Examines tangible experiences of war and occupation in recent Iraqi fiction . The last three decades in Iraqi history can be summarized in these words: dictatorship, war and occupation. War and Occupation in Iraqi Fiction is a groundbreaking study of Iraqi fiction published after 2003 examining the depiction of marginal experiences of war and spanning there decades in Iraqi history. Using as lense a medieval concept borrowed from Roman ancient law the homo sacer this study examines how this concept applies to the contemporary Iraqi subject who becomes dehumanized and devalued in the context of war and occupation. Key features: Explores fictional works by a new generation of leading Iraqi authors such as Ali Badr, Shakir Nuri, Najm Wali and Hdiya Hussein * Provides a historical contextualization of the Iraqi novel before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime * Presents an analytical and critical study of a selected corpus of novels about war and occupation in Iraq * Explores tangible experiences of war and occupation - such as desertion, camp detention and suicide bombing - in the Iraqi novel |
