Urbicide in Syria(English, Hardcover, Garroum Pla Gabriel)

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Urbicide in Syria(English, Hardcover, Garroum Pla Gabriel) is written by Garroum Pla Gabriel and published by Manchester University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 152618026X (ISBN 10) and 9781526180261 (ISBN 13).

This book provides an exhaustive analysis of the relationship between violence, urban space, and political subjectivity in Syria. It does so through an exploration of how urbicide, the violent destruction and alteration of the urban fabric, becomes a tool for the regime's governmental and sovereign exercise of power, decisively redefining state-society dynamics and cementing political loyalty in Syria. Adopting a critical and postcolonial perspective, and through the cases of Damascus and Aleppo, the volume presents a unique perspective on the civil war by examining socio-material changes in everyday political spaces and processes, from mundane destruction to urban development and reconstruction efforts, and how these are experienced by local communities. Featuring rich data collection through interviews, archival research, and aesthetic sources, the book ultimately foregrounds Syrians' political agency and creativity despite ruination.