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Image politics in the Middle East : the role of the visual in political struggle / Lina Khatib.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.Description: xii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781848852822 (pbk.)
  • 1848852827 (pbk.)
  • 9781848852815 (hbk.)
  • 1848852819 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.0140956
LOC classification:
  • P 95.8 K45i 2013
Contents:
Part I: Revolutionary Illusions, 1. The Visual Legacy of the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon; 2. Hizbullah: Image Management and Political Survival; 3. The Politics of (In)visibility in Iran. -- Part II: Revolutionary Images, 4. The Visual Rush of the Arab Spring ; 5. Television Images and Political Struggle ; 6. From Images of Dictators to Images of Citizens.
Summary: "Politics in the Middle East is now seen and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region {u2013} and particularly with the politics of the image, its power as a political tool."--From the publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) P 95.8 K45i 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000102739

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-242) and index.

Part I: Revolutionary Illusions, 1. The Visual Legacy of the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon; 2. Hizbullah: Image Management and Political Survival; 3. The Politics of (In)visibility in Iran. -- Part II: Revolutionary Images, 4. The Visual Rush of the Arab Spring ; 5. Television Images and Political Struggle ; 6. From Images of Dictators to Images of Citizens.

"Politics in the Middle East is now seen and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region {u2013} and particularly with the politics of the image, its power as a political tool."--From the publisher's website.

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