عنوان

Art and the Arab Spring :

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1108906214

(Number (ISBN

1108909779

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9781108906210

(Number (ISBN

9781108909778

Erroneous ISBN

9781108829366

Erroneous ISBN

9781108842525

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bc10823

Title Proper

Art and the Arab Spring :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

aesthetics of revolution and resistance in Tunisia and beyond /

First Statement of Responsibility

Siobhán Shilton, University of Bristol.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2021.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2021

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xi, 249 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations.

Series Title

The global Middle East ;

Volume Designation

16

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

"The revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that began to sweep across numerous countries in North Africa and the Middle East in December 2010 shocked the world. The significance of the uneven phenomenon which has often been named the 'Arab Spring' is still not fully understood. What is certain is that the events triggered partly by the self-immolation of the Tunisian fruit-stall owner, Mohammed Bouazizi, have changed this diverse region irrevocably, leading to the explosion of enduring political frameworks or - in Syria - to civil war and mass exodus. These Revolutions - like other Revolutions in diverse modern historical contexts - have often tended to be articulated, internally and externally, in black and white terms of success or failure, liberation or constraint, for or against, friend or enemy. The complex range of perspectives in Tunisia has, for example, at times, been reduced to binary perceptions of secularism and religion or, more extremely, a 'Western' notion of democracy and a radical version of Islamism. The metaphor of an 'Arab Spring' was swiftly replaced, in both journalism and scholarship, by that - equally reductive - of an 'Islamist Winter'. The Revolutions came often to be presented as a closed chapter. Yet, art engaging with this phenomenon frequently contributes an alternative perspective. A striking range of art evokes, and encourages, a more nuanced understanding of these Revolutions, and of the idea of 'revolution', more widely. In this book I ask how such work - in photography, sculpture, graffiti, performance, video and installation - forges a way between internal and external clichés. How does this art evoke the idea of revolution? How does it invent new aesthetics? How do these works call for alternative critical approaches?"--

Title

Art and the Arab Spring.

International Standard Book Number

9781108842525

Art and revolutions-- Arab countries.

Art-- Political aspects-- Arab countries.

Democratization-- Arab countries-- History-- 21st century.

Protest movements-- Arab countries-- History-- 21st century.

Art and revolutions.

Art-- Political aspects.

Democratization.

Protest movements.

Arab countries.

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Edition

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Book number

Shilton, Siobhán,1975-

Date of Transaction

20220121080913.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

270410

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