Tyranny Lessons : : International Prose, Poetry, Essays, and Performance / / ed. by Frank Stewart.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2020 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Ann, Pancake,; Farber, Thomas,; Rio, Johan,; Tang, Danhong,; Walter, White,
• HerausgeberIn: Stewart, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Mānoa ; 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

The 21st century has seen a resurgence of authoritarian rule that often replicates past totalitarian systems, but is more refined and nuanced in its strategies of repression and exploitation. Entertainment, media, international travel, and prosperity create the appearance of flourishing individual freedoms while our lives and thoughts are increasingly monitored and manipulated. This disturbing trend raises the question of what exactly is meant by tyranny in its contemporary forms.In Tyranny Lessons, international writers from a dozen countries in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas address these challenges as only literary writing can: through the perspective of lived experiences, imagined futures, andpersonal struggles.Tyranny Lessons also features the photography of Danny Lyon, the first photographer of the Student Non-violentCoordinating Committee, whose work documented the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor’s Note -- Two Stories -- from Acting My Age -- Epidemic -- Chairman Mao Is Dead -- I Investigate Lynchings -- About the Photographer -- About the Contributors -- Permissions and Acknowledgements