ISBN:
9781108909778
,
9781108842525
,
9781108829366
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xi, 249 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Series Statement:
The global Middle East 16
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/409174927
Keywords:
Protest movements History 21st century
;
Democratization History 21st century
;
Art and revolutions
;
Art Political aspects
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2021)
DOI:
10.1017/9781108909778
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909778
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