Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East : Rhetoric of the Image /

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This book examines the power and role of the image in modern Middle Eastern societies. The essays explore the role and function of image making to highlight the ways in which the images "speak" and what visual languages mean for the construction of Islamic subjectivities, the distribution...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Haugbolle, Sune, 1976-, Gruber, Christiane J., 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Visual communication.
Popular culture.
Arts, Modern.
Art and society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
ART > Reference.
ART > Performance.
Arts > 20e siecle > Congres.
Popular culture > Middle East > Congresses.
Arts, Modern > 20th century > Congresses.
Visual communication > Middle East > Congresses.
Art and society > Middle East > Congresses.
Middle East.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book examines the power and role of the image in modern Middle Eastern societies. The essays explore the role and function of image making to highlight the ways in which the images "speak" and what visual languages mean for the construction of Islamic subjectivities, the distribution of power, and the formation of identity and belonging. This book addresses aspects of the visual in the Islamic world, including the presentation of Islam on television; on the internet and other digital media; in banners, posters, murals, and graffiti; and in the satirical press, cartoons, and children's books.
Item Description:"The contributions were first presented at the April 2009 conference "Rhetoric of the Image: Visual Culture in Political Islam," held in Magleaas, Denmark"--Acknowledgements
Physical Description:1 online resource (376 pages).
ISBN:9780253008947

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