Writing (from) the rubble
This reflexive piece integrates its author’s experience of Beirut’s August 4, 2020 port explosion with those of other Lebanese citizens writing on the heels of the calamity. The overall narrative approximates a collective biography that apprises and appraises the emergent fears, concerns, and anxiet...
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 1448-4528 http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14254 https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2020.1830736 El Hajj, S. (2021). Writing (from) the Rubble: reflections on the August 4, 2020 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Life Writing, 18(1), 7-23. http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2020.1830736 |
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| description | This reflexive piece integrates its author’s experience of Beirut’s August 4, 2020 port explosion with those of other Lebanese citizens writing on the heels of the calamity. The overall narrative approximates a collective biography that apprises and appraises the emergent fears, concerns, and anxieties roiling the country at present. I explore a lived, critically informed, spectrum of post-traumatic behaviours and responses to the widespread destruction and its implications – whether that be the loss of limb, home, or the physical loci of emotional memories, including cultural and heritage sites. The narrative also makes a connection between the recent explosion and earlier iterations of warfare and/or terrorism to show how the long-standing inability to functionally articulate and process pain is now translating into retributive calls for violent justice in a country still recovering from civil war. |
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| spelling | Writing (from) the rubblereflections on the August 4, 2020 Explosion in Beirut, LebanonEl Hajj, SleimanThis reflexive piece integrates its author’s experience of Beirut’s August 4, 2020 port explosion with those of other Lebanese citizens writing on the heels of the calamity. The overall narrative approximates a collective biography that apprises and appraises the emergent fears, concerns, and anxieties roiling the country at present. I explore a lived, critically informed, spectrum of post-traumatic behaviours and responses to the widespread destruction and its implications – whether that be the loss of limb, home, or the physical loci of emotional memories, including cultural and heritage sites. The narrative also makes a connection between the recent explosion and earlier iterations of warfare and/or terrorism to show how the long-standing inability to functionally articulate and process pain is now translating into retributive calls for violent justice in a country still recovering from civil war.Published2022-11-14T09:32:37Z2022-11-14T09:32:37Z20202022-11-14Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1448-4528http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14254https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2020.1830736El Hajj, S. (2021). Writing (from) the Rubble: reflections on the August 4, 2020 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Life Writing, 18(1), 7-23.http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2020.1830736enLife Writinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/142542022-11-14T09:32:51Z |
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