Decoding DA'ISH : An Analysis of Poetic Exemplars and Discursive Strategies of Domination in the Jihadist Milieu

Why do Jihadists compose poetry and what role does poetry play in the transmission of the jihadist ideology? Decoding DĀʿISH is located at the intersections of the literary, the religious, and the political in jihadist discourse. The study examines how the self-professed 'Islamic State' h...

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Main Author: Gatt, Kurstin (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Reichert Verlag 2020
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650 7 |a Literary studies: plays & playwrights  |2 bicssc 
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653 |a Arab poetry 
653 |a Contemporary history 
653 |a Linguistics 
653 |a Literary Studies 
653 |a Literature 
653 |a Poetology