Palestine Uncovered in My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Critical Essay) - Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics

Palestine Uncovered in My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Critical Essay)

By Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics

  • Release Date: 2008-01-01
  • Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines

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Constructed by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner out of various entries from Rachel Corrie's diaries and e-mails from Gaza, My Name Is Rachel Corrie uncovered a Palestine that has been methodically shielded from Western eyes by the corporate media, and brought the issue of censorship into open critical debate following its cancellation in New York. At the heart of the controversy surrounding My Name Is Rachel Corrie is not only the energetic intertwinement of the elements that define and shape its nature but primarily those that constitute its genesis. **********

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