Anthology texts to read:
- James Fenton: 'The Narrow Road to the Solid North,' from All the Wrong Places (1988)
- Joe Sacco: from Safe Area Goražde (2000)
- Eric Schlosser: from Fast Food Nation (2001)
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Eric Schlosser is an investigative journalist; James Fenton is a well-known English poet; Joe Sacco is a cartoonist. On the face of it, they would appear to have little in common. If we look a bit more closely, though, I think we can see that they share a certain objectivity and distance from the events they report. The question is, have they deliberately chosen this approach, or have the diverse genres they inhabit somehow chosen it for them?
Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of women, the humiliation of the old, the division of the family, the division of the country ― it had all been done in our name. . . . The French city . . . had represented the opium stage of the addiction. With the Americans had begun the heroin phase.
― James Fenton, All the Wrong Places (1985)
Make no mistake, everywhere you go, not just in Marvel Comics, there's parallel universes...Here? On the surface streets: traffic, couples in love, falafel-to-go, tourists in jogging suits licking stamps for postcards ... And over the wall behind closed doors: other things-people strapped to chairs, sleep deprivation, the smell of piss ... other things happening for "reasons of national security"
― Joe Sacco, Palestine (2003)
The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers.
[There is] a simple explanation for why eating a hamburger can now make you seriously ill: There is shit in the meat.
Did somebody say McUnion? [...] Not if they want to keep their McJob.
― Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation (2003)
- Afghanistan
- Civil War, 1979-2002
- Al-Qaeda War, 2001-
- Albania
- Communist Regime, 1948-89
- Civil War, 1997
- Algeria
- War of Independence, 1954-62
- Fundamentalist Moslem uprising, 1992 et seq.
- Angola
- War of Independence, 1961-75
- Civil War, 1975-94
- Argentina
- Overthrow of Peron, 1955
- Falkland War, 1982
- Armenia
- Nagorno-Karabakh, 1991 et seq.
- Australia
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Vietnam War, 1965-72
- Azerbaijan
- 1991 et seq.
- Bangladesh
- 1971 massacres
- Chittagong, 1975 et. seq.
- Belgium
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Congo Crisis, 1960-67
- Bolivia
- Civil War, 1952
- Junta, 1971-78
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-95
- Brazil
- Indians, 1900-1985
- Military Regime, 1964-85
- Rightist terrorism, 1980
- Death Squads, 1985-91
- Yanomami Indians, 1987-91
- Bulgaria
- Communist Regime, 1948-89
- Burma
- Rebellions, 1948 et seq.
- Unrest, 1988
- Burundi, 1959-95
- Cambodia
- Civil War, 1965-75
- Pol Pot, r. 1975-78
- Civil War, 1978-91
- Cameroon, 1960s
- Canada
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Central African Republic/Empire
- Bokassa Regime, 1965-79
- Kongo-Wara War, 1927-31
- Chad
- Civil War, 1965 et seq.
- Habré regime, 1982-90
- Chechnya, 1994 et seq.
- Chile, 1973-90
- China
- Wars with Tibet, 1950 et. seq
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Sino-Indian War, 1962
- Sino-Soviet War, 1963-69
- Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979
- Tienamen Square, 1989
- Colombia
- La Violencia, 1946-58
- Korean War, 1951-53
- Insurgencies, 1973-
- North Congo (SKA "French Congo", "Congo-Brazzaville", "People's Republic of the Congo.")
- Coup, 1997
- South Congo (SKA "Belgian Congo", "Zaire", "Congo-Kinshasa”, "Democratic Republic of the Congo.")
- Congo Crisis, 1960-64
- Stanleyville Revolt, 1964-65
- Mercenary Uprising, 1967-68
- Uprisings and Repression, 1970s
- Conflicts, 1992-94
- Overthrow of Mobutu, 1997
- Civil War, 1998-
- Costa Rica
- Civil War, 1948
- War with Nicaragua, 1955
- Croatia, 1991-92
- Cuba
- Batista Regime & Civil War, 1952-59
- Angola, 1975-95
- Grenada, 1983
- Cyprus
- 1955-59
- 1963-67
- 1974
- Czechoslovakia
- Post-WW2 expulsions of Germans, 1945-47
- 1968 uprising
- Dominican Republic
- 1965 coup
- East Timor, 1975 et seq.
- Ecuador
- War with Peru, 1995-97
- Egypt
- Arab-Israeli Wars, 1947-73
- Yemen, 1962-69
- El Salvador
- Football War, 1969
- Civil War, 1979-91
- Equatorial Guinea, 1969-79
- Eritrea
- War of Independence, 1962-92
- War with Ethiopia, 1998-
- Ethiopia
- Korean War, 1951-53
- Civil Wars, 1962-92
- War with Eritrea, 1998-
- France
- Algeria, 1954-62
- Chad, 1982-
- Indochina War of Independence, 1945-54
- Korean War, 1951-53
- Lebanon 1983
- Madagascar, 1947
- Morocco 1953-56
- Tunisia 1952-54 1961
- Gambia, 1981
- Georgia, 1992-93
- Ghana, 1981-93
- Greece
- Civil War, 1943-49
- Korean War, 1951-53
- Grenada, 1983
- Guatemala
- Civil War, 1960-1996
- Guinea
- Toure, 1969-76
- Civil War, 2000-
- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-74
- Haiti
- Duvalier regime, 1957-86
- 1991-94
- Honduras
- War with Nicaragua, 1957
- Football War, 1969
- Death Squads, 1980-88
- Hungary
- 1956 Uprising
- India
- Partition Violence, 1947
- Hyderabad, 1948
- Sino-Indian War, 1962
- Naxalites, 1968-
- Bangladeshi War of Independence, 1971
- Assam, 1978-
- Sikh uprising, 1984-91
- Kashmir
- Indo-Pakistani War, 1965
- Civil War, 1989 et seq.
- Indonesia
- War of Independence, 1945-46
- Civil Wars, 1950s
- War with Malaysia, 1962
- Irian, 1962-
- Coup and Massacres, 1965-67
- East Timor, 1975-99
- Aceh, 1989
- Jakarta, 1998
- Moluccas, 1999-
- Iran
- Soviet occupation, 1945-47
- Pahlevi Regime, 1953-79
- Overthrow of the Shah
- Kurdistan
- Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88
- Iraq
- Kurds 1933, 1961-70, 1980s
- Coups, 1959-66
- Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88
- Gulf War, 1990-91
- Shia Rebellion, 1991-93
- Bombing, 1998
- Ireland
- Northern Ireland, 1974-98
- Israel
- British Palestine, 1945-48
- Arab-Israeli Wars, 1948-
- Palestinians
- Lebanon, 1982 et seq.
- Jamaica, 1980
- Jordan
- Arab-Israeli Wars, 1947-73
- Uprising, 1970-1
- Kashmir
- Indo-Pakistani War, 1965
- Civil War, 1989 et seq.
- Kenya
- Mau-Mau, 1952-56
- Border Conflict, 1963
- Ethnic Clash, 1992
- South Korea
- Coup, 1948
- Vietnam War, 1965-73
- Demonstrations, 1980
- Korean War, 1950-53
- North Korea, 1948 et seq.
- Kosovo, 1998-99
- Laos
- French Indochina, 1945-54
- Vietnam War, 1963-73
- Post-War, 1975-87
- Lebanon
- Civil War, 1958
- Chaos, 1975-1992
- Liberia, 1989-93
- Libya
- Chad, 1982-
- Uganda, 1978-79
- Madagascar, revolt, 1947
- Malawi, 1964-94
- Malaysia
- Emergency, 1948-60
- War with Indonesia, 1962
- Mauritania
- Western Sahara, 1975-78
- Moldova, 1991-97
- Morocco
- Independence, 1953-56
- Western Sahara, 1975-78
- Mozambique
- Independence, 1961-75
- Civil War, 1975-93
- Nepal, 1996-
- Netherlands
- Dutch East Indies, 1945-46
- Irian, 1962
- New Guinea
- Irian Jaya, 1962-
- Nicaragua
- War with Costa Rica, 1955
- War with Honduras, 1957
- Civil Wars, 1972-91
- Nigeria
- Biafra, 1967-70
- Moslem uprising, 1980-84
- Internal Conflicts, 1990s
- Northern Ireland, 1974-98
- Pakistan
- Partition Violence, 1947
- Indo-Pakistani War, 1965
- Baluchi/Pathan separatists, 1973-77
- Bengali massacres, 1971
- Sindh War, 1990s
- Palestinians
- Israel, 1947-
- Jordan, 1970-1
- Lebanon, 1975 et seq.
- Panama, 1989
- Papua New Guinea, 1989 et seq.
- Paraguay
- Civil War, 1947
- Stroessner, 1954-89
- Ache Indians, 1968-74
- Coup, 1989
- Peru
- Uprising, 1965-66
- Shining Path, 1980-93
- War with Ecuador, 1995-97
- Philippines
- Huk Rebellion, 1946-54
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Vietnam War, 1965-73
- Rebellions, 1972-92
- Pol Pot, r.1975-78
- Poland
- Post-WW2 expulsions of Germans, 1945-47
- Portugal
- Angola, 1961-75
- Mozambique, 1961-75
- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-74
- Rhodesia, 1972-79
- Romania
- Uprising, 1989
- Russia
- Chechnya, 1994 et seq.
- Rwanda
- 1959-95
- 1990
- Saudi Arabia
- Yemen, 1962-69
- Senegal, 1982-
- Sierra Leone, 1991-
- Somalia
- Ogaden War, 1962-92
- Conflict with Kenya, 1963
- Barre regime, 1971-90
- Chaos, 1992 et seq.
- South Africa
- Namibia, 1975-90
- Angola, 1975-95
- Spain
- Basques, 1961 et seq.
- Sri Lanka
- 1971 Rebellion
- 1977-95 War
- Sudan
- Civil War, 1955-72
- Civil War, 1983 et seq.
- Syria
- Arab-Israeli Wars, 1947-73
- Lebanon, 1976
- Taiwan
- 1947
- 1954-55
- Tajikstan, 1992-96
- Tanzania
- Uganda, 1978-79
- Thailand
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Vietnam War, 1965-73
- Tibet
- Chinese Occupation, 1950 et. seq
- Timor, East, 1975 et seq.
- Tunisia
- War of Independence 1952-1956
- 1961
- Turkey
- Kurdistan 1980s, 1990s
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Cyprus, 1974
- Uganda
- Civil War, 1966
- Civil War, 1979-87
- Civil War, 1987-
- USSR
- Occupation of Iran, 1945-47
- Hungarian Uprising, 1956
- Sino-Soviet War, 1963-69
- Afghanistan, 1979-95
- United Kingdom
- Dutch East Indies, 1945-46
- Palestine, 1945-48
- Malaya, 1948-60
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Mau-Mau uprising, 1952-56
- Suez, 1954
- Cyprus, 1955-59
- Malaysia, 1962
- Aden, 1963-67
- Northern Ireland, 1969-
- Falkland War, 1982
- United States
- Korean War, 1950-53
- Dominican Republic, 1965
- Vietnam War, 1965-73
- Lebanon, 1983
- Grenada, 1983
- Panama, 1989
- Gulf War, 1990-91
- Kosovo, 1998
- Al-Qaeda War, 2001-
- Vietnam
- Indochina War, 1945-54
- North Vietnam, 1954-75
- Vietnam War, 1965-75
- Post-War, 1975-87
- Laos, 1975-87
- Cambodia Civil War, 1978-91
- Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979
- Western Sahara
- Morocco vs. Polisario Front, 1975-78
- North Yemen (s.k.a. "Kingdom of Yemen", "Yemen Arab Republic")
- Civil War, 1948
- Civil War, 1962-69
- South Yemen (s.k.a. "Aden", "Federation of South Arabia", "People's Republic of Southern Yemen")
- British intervention, 1963-67
- Civil War, 1986
- Zambia, 1964
- Zanzibar, 1964
- Zimbabwe
- Rhodesian Civil War, 1972-79
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[Richard Linklater: Fast Food Nation (2006)]Workshop 9:
Anatomy of an event
[dual session: Thurs 1-3 pm / Fri 11-1 pm]
“Travel books are expressions of the effectiveness of print in putting the world on show and delineating a geography of power.”
– Lydia Wevers, Country of Writing (2002): 2.
‘Portraying an event’ exercise
These three highly politicised texts give private adventures against a background of international turmoil.
- How effectively do they communicate the drama / detail of events?
- What similar issues might your own writing address?
- How can you characterise a “landscape”?
- What constitutes an “event”? Revolution, earthquake, war, depression, economic miracle …
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