Poem

Baghdad 2004

Title	Baghdad 2004
Author	Declan Collinge

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Teachtaireacht Téacsa	2007	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1989

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Teachtaireacht Téacsa
Date of Publication	2007
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	16

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) Terrorism/War on Terror Torture Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Global War on Terrorism War: Iraq War and Insurgency
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	5 Bealtaine 2004
Notes	The poem is dated 4/5/2004. The speaker of the poem refers to the contemporary war in Iraq, and questions the ideology behind the so-called 'War on Terror'. The poem is openly critical of how this war is being protrayed in the media to Western audiences and of the hegemony of Anglo-American culture. The speaker refers to the disgraceful torture and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners (likely a reference to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison photographs).

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