Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 385 g
Reihe: The Global Middle East
Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 385 g
Reihe: The Global Middle East
ISBN: 978-1-108-82936-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The revolutions that began to sweep across countries in North Africa and the Middle East in December 2010 – like other revolutions in diverse modern historical contexts – have often been articulated, internally and externally, in black and white terms of success or failure, liberation or constraint, for or against, friend or enemy. These internal and external clichés are perpetuated by what Jellel Gasteli has called 'icons of revolutionary exoticism'. Paying particular attention to works from the Tunisian Revolution of 2011, this book examines a diverse body of art including photography, sculpture, graffiti, performance, video and installation by over twenty-five artists. Examining how art can evoke the idea of revolution, Art and the Arab Spring reveals a new way of understanding these revolutions, their profound cultural impact, and of the meaning of the term 'revolution' itself.
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Introduction. Exceeding Icons of Revolution in North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean; 1. Aesthetics of Revolution and Infra-thin Critique; 2. Contingency and Resistance: Exceeding Icons through Matter and Motion; 3. Contingent Encounters: Artists, Artisans and Amateurs; 4. Corporeal Resistance and Aesthetics of the Interface; Conclusion. Art and Revolution: Aesthetics and Approaches.
