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Art and the Arab Spring: Aesthetics of Revolution and Resistance in Tunisia and Beyond (The Global Middle East)
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Siobhan Shilton (Author)
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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 cliches 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. Worked examples or Exercises
About the Author
Siobhan Shilton is Reader in French Studies and the Visual Arts at the University of Bristol. She has published books and articles on art and the 'Arab Uprisings', cultural encounters in photography, video, graffiti, graphic novels, installation and performance art, and twentieth-century travel literature in French, including Transcultural Encounters: Gender and Genre in Franco-Maghrebi Art (2013). Her research has been supported by grant awards from the AHRC.
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- Contributor: Siobhan Shilton
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781108829366
- Number of Pages: 261
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2024-06-20
- Series: The Global Middle East
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Siobhan Shilton is Reader in French Studies and the Visual Arts at the University of Bristol. She has published books and articles on art and the 'Arab Uprisings', cultural encounters in photography, video, graffiti, graphic novels, installation and performance art, and twentieth-century travel literature in French, including Transcultural Encounters: Gender and Genre in Franco-Maghrebi Art (2013). Her research has been supported by grant awards from the AHRC.
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