Ishmaelia
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Ishmaelia is the fictional East African country in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," depicted as a chaotic hotspot of political intrigue and journalistic misadventure.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional African country
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fictional country ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Scoop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
foreign correspondence
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journalism ⓘ media sensationalism ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ |
| conflictType | civil war ⓘ |
| countryLocation | East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
chaotic
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politically unstable ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | not a real country ⓘ |
| inhabitantDescription | portrayed through a colonial-era British perspective ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | various real African and Middle Eastern states (unspecified in text) ⓘ |
| languageContext | primarily depicted through English-speaking outsiders ⓘ |
| mediaRole | destination for rival newspaper correspondents in Scoop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary setting of the novel Scoop ⓘ |
| politicalSituation |
revolution-prone
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subject to coups and counter-coups ⓘ |
| publicationContext | introduced to readers in the 1938 novel Scoop ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the absurdities of international politics
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the opportunism of foreign journalists ⓘ |
| timeOfDepiction | interwar period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
satire of British press
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satire of foreign reporting ⓘ |
| workGenreContext |
comic novel
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satire ⓘ |
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