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Making the New Middle East: Politics, Culture, and Human Rights
Contributor(s): Hoffman, Valerie J. (Editor), Ghamari-Tabrizi, Behrooz (Contribution by), Mohamed, Feisal G. (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0815636067     ISBN-13: 9780815636069
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
OUR PRICE:   $79.20  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Political Science | World - Middle Eastern
Dewey: 956.054
LCCN: 2018053056
Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6" W x 9" (1.99 lbs) 504 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Publisher Description:
Demands for freedom, justice, and dignity have animated protests and revolutions across the Middle East in recent years, from the Iranian Green Movement and the Arab Spring uprisings to Turkey's March for Justice and the ongoing struggle in Palestine. Although expectations raised by the Arab Spring were largely disappointed and protests that toppled entrenched rulers unleashed vicious counterrevolutionary forces, there is no doubt that the landscape of the Middle East has changed. Drawing from diverse disciplines, this volume offers critical perspectives on these changes, covering politics, religion, gender dynamics, human rights, media, literature, and music. What ultimately has changed in the new Middle East? Who are the actors pushing the direction of change? How are aspirations for change being expressed through media and the arts? With extensive analysis and thoughtful reflection, this book gives readers an in-depth portrayal of a modernizing Middle East.