The Duality of the Victim and Torturer in Two Works by Fāḍil Al-‘Azzāwī

This article focuses on the cycle of violence that has characterized modern Iraq, with emphasis on the complex relationship between the victim and the torturer as depicted in al-‘Azzāwī’s novels al-Qal'a al-khāmisa (The Fifth Castle) and Madīna min ramād (City of Ashes). Al-‘Azzāwī paints Iraq&...

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Auteur principal: Elimelekh, Geula (Auteur)
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Publié: Oxford University Press [2017]
Dans: Journal of Semitic studies
Année: 2017, Volume: 62, Numéro: 2, Pages: 447-464
RelBib Classification:KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord
NBE Anthropologie
ZC Politique en général
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