Art and the Arab Spring - Aesthetics of Revolution and Resistance in Tunisia and Beyond

Examines art by over twenty-five artists to enable a greater understanding of the 'Arab Uprisings' and of the term 'revolution'.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Siobhán 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.

Summary

Examining a diverse body of art by over twenty-five artists including photography, sculpture, graffiti, performance, video and installation, in galleries, online and in the street, this book reveals a new way of understanding the Arab Uprisings, their profound cultural impact, and of the meaning of the term 'revolution' itself.

Foreword

Examines art by over twenty-five artists to enable a greater understanding of the 'Arab Uprisings' and of the term 'revolution'.

Product details

• Authors: Siobhan Shilton, Siobhan (University of Bristol) Shilton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781108829366
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82936-6
• No. of pages: 261
• Series: The Global Middle East
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Politics & government, Politics and government, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, General and world history