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Writers and Rebels: The Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus

Gould, Rebecca Ruth

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Abstract

Spanning the period between the end of the Russo-Caucasian War and the death of the first female Chechen suicide bomber, this groundbreaking book is the first to compare Georgian, Chechen, and Daghestani depictions of anticolonial insurgency. Rebecca Gould draws from previously untapped archival sources as well as from prose, poetry, and oral narratives to assess the impact of Tsarist and Soviet rule in the Islamic Caucasus. Examining literary representations of social banditry to tell the story of Russian colonialism from the vantage point of its subjects, among numerous other themes, Gould argues that the literatures of anticolonial insurgency constitute a veritable resistance—or “transgressive sanctity”—to colonialism.

Citation

Gould, R. R. (2016). Writers and Rebels: The Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus. Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300200645.001.0001

Book Type Authored Book
Publication Date Sep 1, 2016
Deposit Date Oct 10, 2023
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Series Title Eurasia past and present
ISBN 9780300200645
DOI https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300200645.001.0001
Keywords Russo-Caucasian War, anticolonial insurgency, Islamic Caucasus, Russian colonialism, tsarist rule, Soviet rule, Chechnya, Daghestan, Georgia