| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 34
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Cambridge Middle East studies ; 34.
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| Summary |
"From 1975 to 1990, Lebanon endured one of the most protracted and bloody civil wars of the twentieth century. Sune Haugbolle's timely and often poignant book chronicles the battle over ideas that emerged from the wreckage of that war. While the Lebanese state encouraged forgetfulness and political parties created sectarian interpretations of the war through cults of dead leaders, intellectuals and activists--inspired by the example of truth and reconciliation movements in different parts of the world--advanced the idea that confronting and remembering the war was necessary for political and cultural renewal. Through an analysis of different cultural productions--media, art, literature, film, posters, and architecture--the author shows how the recollection and reconstruction of political and sectarian violence that took place during the war have helped in Lebanon's healing process. He also shows how a willingness to confront the past influenced the popular uprising in Lebanon after the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: A hiatus of history -- Remembering a war of selves and others -- Culture, politics, civil war -- Discourses on amnesia and reconstruction : memory in the 1990s -- Nostalgias -- Inside violence -- Sectarian memory cultures -- Truth telling in the Independence Intifada. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lebanese Civil War (Lebanon : 1975-1990) |
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Lebanon -- History -- Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Influence.
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Collective memory -- Lebanon.
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Collective memory. |
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Lebanon. |
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Memory -- Social aspects -- Lebanon.
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Memory -- Social aspects. |
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Memory. |
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War and society -- Lebanon.
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War and society. |
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Lebanon -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Lebanon -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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Lebanon -- Politics and government -- 1990-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1990- |
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Since 1975 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haugbolle, Sune, 1976- War and memory in Lebanon. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521199025 (DLC) 2009042401 (OCoLC)458582829 |
| ISBN |
9780511677816 (electronic book) |
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0511677812 (electronic book) |
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