Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman Wilson Alice
Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman Wilson Alice The Dhufar Revolution was fought between 1965-1976, in an attempt to depose Oman's British-backed Sultan and advance…
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Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman Wilson Alice
The Dhufar Revolution was fought between 1965-1976, in an attempt to depose Oman's British-backed Sultan and advance social ideals of egalitarianism and gender equality. But following counterinsurgency victory, Oman's government expunged the revolution from sanctioned historical narratives. Dhufar, the southernmost governorate in today's Sultanate, captured global attention for its revolutionaries and their liberation movement's Marxist-inspired social change.
How do their underlying convictions survive and inspire platforms for progressive politics in the wake of disappointment, defeat, and repression?Alice Wilson considers the "social afterlives" of revolutionary values and networks. Afterlives of Revolution offers a groundbreaking study of the legacies of officially silenced revolutionaries. Veteran militants have used kinship and daily socializing to reproduce