Representation of Iraqi prisoners' abuse in Judith Thompson's palace of the end: a politico-cultural perspective

https://doi.org/10.21744/ijllc.v6n4.909

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a politico-cultural perspective, Iraqi prisoners, representation, systematic abuse

Abstract

The paper is a study in the representation of the systematic abuse inflicted by the American Female Soldier (being an image of American militarism) upon the Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib jail. The American misconducts exercised are based on political and cultural grounds: it is dramatically evident that the American Female Soldier has prejudicially transformed the stage into a battleground, whereon, post colonially, the Iraqi prisoners are viciously addressed by demeaning terms.

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Published

2020-05-16

How to Cite

Hameed, S. M. (2020). Representation of Iraqi prisoners’ abuse in Judith Thompson’s palace of the end: a politico-cultural perspective. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture, 6(4), 95–102. https://doi.org/10.21744/ijllc.v6n4.909

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2020): Special Issue in International Association for Technology, Education and Language Studies (IATELS)

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Research Articles
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