Revolutions aesthetic : a cultural history of Baʻthist Syria /

"The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria. A comprehensive intellectual, ideological, and political project--a Ba'thist cultural revolution--sought to align artistic endeavors with the ideological interests of the reg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weiss, Max, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Politics and culture > Syria > History.
Politique et culture > Syrie > Histoire.
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
Cultural policy
Intellectual life
Politics and culture
Politics and government
Syria > Cultural policy.
Syria > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Syria > Intellectual life > 21st century.
Syria > Politics and government > 1971-2000.
Syria > Politics and government > 2000-
Syrie > Politique et gouvernement > 1971-2000.
Syrie > Politique et gouvernement > 2000-
Syria
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : aesthetics and politics in contemporary Syria
  • Baʻthist cultural revolution
  • Men of commitment
  • The funny thing about dictatorship
  • Reading writing mukhabarat
  • The slow witness
  • Faces of death
  • Conclusion : the art of the real.

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