All about Iraq: re-modifying older slogans and chants in Tishreen [October] protests

Mustafa, Balsam 2023. All about Iraq: re-modifying older slogans and chants in Tishreen [October] protests. Journal of Asian and African Studies 58 (3) , pp. 401-420. 10.1177/00219096211069644

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Abstract

This paper analyses five main slogans and chants performed during the first 3 months of Iraq’s 2019 Tishreen [October] protests. It aims to trace their origin to examine the transformation in the narratives created by each version. Drawing on a social approach to narrative and a social semiotic multimodal approach to communication, I treat slogans and chants as an evolving genre and performance, capable of triggering, constructing, and negotiating a different set of narratives in each adaptation. Such narratives arguably determine their impact. Unlike earlier versions, Tishreen chants and slogans succeeded in conjuring up collective and cross-sectarian narratives that could challenge master political narratives and heighten an Iraqi identity in the first place. It would, therefore, be hard to erase them from memory.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Modern Languages
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1745-2538
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2025 13:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180004

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