Power and resistance during Saddam Hussein regime's rule in selected contemporary Iraqi novels
<p>The aim of the present research was to analyse political oppression and brutality during</p><p>Saddam Hussein regimes rule in Iraq based on fictions by selected Iraqi writers. The</p><p>main objective of this research is to sho...
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2020
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| Summary: | <p>The aim of the present research was to analyse political oppression and brutality during</p><p>Saddam Hussein regimes rule in Iraq based on fictions by selected Iraqi writers. The</p><p>main objective of this research is to show how the regime abused its power to subjugate</p><p>the Iraqi population as depicted in the contemporary Iraqi novels. The selected novels</p><p>for analysis were An Iraqi in Paris, Dates on My Fingers, Ijaam, Saddam City, The</p><p>Scattered Crumbs, and The Corpse Washer. Using Michel Foucaults concepts of</p><p>sovereign power, surveillance, and resistance as the theoretical framework, the study</p><p>shows how the Baath Partys stranglehold on power adversely affected the lives of</p><p>Iraqis. The selected novels highlighted oppression, inequality, and restrictions on</p><p>freedom during the regimes rule. They were also emblematic of the Baath Party and</p><p>its tyrannical domination of Iraqi society. Scattered Crumbs and The Corpse Washer</p><p>describe the effect of war on Iraqis. The texts also included different forms of resistance</p><p>to power of Saddam Husseins rule. The findings of the study indicate that sovereign</p><p>power was not used to help Iraqis but instead adopted for political purposes of control.</p><p>The findings also show that the mechanism of surveillance was exploited by the regime</p><p>to restrict the freedom of the populace. The study concludes that there were three forms</p><p>of resistance applied by the Iraqi people against the regimes political control, namely;</p><p>tactical reversal, aesthetics existence, and violent resistance. The findings also show</p><p>that the selected novelists employed real situations and experiences in order to expose</p><p>the tyrannical power of Saddam Hussein regime's power over the Iraqi people. The</p><p>implication of the study reveals how power can be abused for maintaining control of a</p><p>population and how resistance can be developed in many guises in order to break the</p><p>political control.</p> |
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