Art and the Arab Spring: Aesthetics of Revolution and Resistance in Tunisia and Beyond (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108842525)

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 clich s 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.

Author: Siobhan Shilton
ISBN-10: 1108842526
ISBN-13: 9781108842525
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2021
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d