Image Politics in the Middle East (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Politics in the Middle East is now 'seen' and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This hard-hitting, enjoyable book is also the first in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics - and particularly with the politics of the image, its power as a political tool. Lina Khatib presents a cross-country examination of emerging trends in the use of visuals in political struggles in the Middle East, from the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon to the Green Movement in Iran, to the Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, and Libya. She demonstrates how states, activists, artists, and people 'on the street' are making use of television, the social media and mobile phones, as well as non-electronic forms including posters, cartoons, billboards, and graffiti to convey and mediate political messages, and draws attention to politics as a visual performance by leaders and citizens alike. She shows how visual expression is at the heart of political struggle in the Middle East today, and this image politics has a global dimension infused with local culture and multiple, clashing meanings.