Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 10:18:48 -0500
From: Ed Wiltse <ecwiltse-AT-naz.edu>
Subject: Re: American Cold War pop culture and Afghanistan


There was a Ken Follett thriller based in Afghanistan--"Lie Down with Lions"?
Something with lions in the title.  In a previous life I was an occasional fan of
Ludlum-Follett-etc-style thrillers, which cut Bond-like swathes of destruction
through the third and/or postcolonial worlds.  Does anyone know of efforts to
rewrite that genre from a more critically-conscious standpoint, similar to what
has gone on in crime and detective fiction in recent decades?  Or perhaps the
very premises of the genre are so imbued with "positional superiority" as to make
rewriting from below unlikely if not impossible...

Ed Wiltse

Guavamoon9-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> I am working on an essay which follows American films and books that dealt
> with Afghanistan within the context of the Cold War (1980s).  I have RAMBO
> III, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS: James Bond, and SPIES LIKE US on my list.  I was
> wondering if there were any films or books that I am missing from this list.
> The only book I know vaguely about which dealth with Afghanistan is by Kurt
> Vonnegut.
>
> I am comparing these American perspectives to the recent Afghan American
> literary and visual responses to such stereotypes, media representations, and
> manipulations of Afghans, and the Afghan cause from 1979-1989.
>
> Any advice from the list?
>
> Best,
> Zahera
>
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