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Author:

Mokhtari, Shadi, 1976-

Title:

After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / Shadi Mokhtari.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

ix, 252 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Human rights--United States.
Human rights--Middle East.
Abu Ghraib Prison.
Terrorism--Law and legislation--Law and legislation--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.

Contents:

American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East -- The human rights challenge from within -- The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments -- American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape -- From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project.

Summary:

This work traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era. It presents snapshots of human rights being appropriated, promoted, claimed, reclaimed, and contested within and between the American and Middle Eastern contexts.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society

ISBN:

0521767539 (hardback)
9780521767538 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262943639

LCCN:

2008045107

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)