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Image politics in the Middle East : the role of the visual in political struggle / Lina Khatib.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khatib, Lina (Lina H.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in politics--Middle East.
- Communication in politics.
- Mass media--Political aspects--Middle East.
- Mass media.
- Visual communication--Middle East.
- Visual communication.
- Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780755610785
- 0755610784
- 9781786724625
- 1786724626
- 9781786734624
- 1786734621
- OCLC:
- 1031340624
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