Dissidence, Creativity, and Embargo Art in Nuha Al-Radi'sBaghdad Diaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4052533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brinda J Mehta (corresponding author), Brinda Mehta |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 220-235 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meridians (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-6936 • E-ISSN: 1547-8424 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/mer.2006.6.2.220 |
| OpenAlex | W2065575631 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The current state of geopolitical anomie unleashed by the forces of globalization and Western capitalism has created a new world disorder in which war is the preferred agenda of a masculinist elite to advance the interest of a petrol-fiieled U.S. and European hegemony. As the war in Iraq illustrates, the male culture of violence formulates the language of international diplomacy that disfavors negotiation and open-ended dialogue by thwarting creative solutions to accommodate peace and conflict resolution. Within this context, the Iraqi-born artist and writer Nuha Al-Radi made a critical intervention into the male-centered ethic of nonarbitration and military imposition that has made Iraq a country under siege, a country destroyed internally and externally by a former male dictatorship and Western imperialism. She offers a woman-centered perspective on war, occupation, twelve years of economic sanctions, and culturally devised strategies of survival through the mediums of politically inspired paintings, sculpture, essays, and her Baghdad Diaries an eyewitness account of the terror and daily destruction that the war has inflicted on defenseless citizens
Democracy · Dictatorship · Foreign policy · Geopolitics · Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State of exception · Terrorism · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2012 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |