Culture and crisis in the Arab world : art, practice and production in spaces of conflict / edited by Richard Jacquemond and Felix Lang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacquemond, Richard, editor.

Lang, Felix, 1985- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010---Influence.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Art and society--Arab countries.

Art and society.

Art--Political aspects--Arab countries.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

"Since 2011, the art of the Arab uprisings has been the subject of much scholarly and popular attention. Yet the role of artists, writers and filmmakers themselves as social actors working under extraordinary conditions has been relatively neglected. Drawing on critical readings of Bourdieu's Field Theory, this book explores the production of culture in Arab social spaces in 'crisis'. In ten case studies, contributors examine a wide range of countries and conflicts, from Algeria to the Arab countries of the Gulf. They discuss among other things the impact of Western public diplomacy organisations on the arts scene in post-revolutionary Cairo and the consequences of dwindling state support for literary production in Yemen. Providing a valuable source of empirical data for researchers, the book breaks new ground in adapting Bourdieu's theory to the particularities of cultural production in the Middle East and North Africa."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: Richard Jacquemond and Felix Lang~

Beauty, Goodness, and Bombs. The Role of Political Crisis in Structuring the MENA Field of Cultural Production Felix Lang

Rumour in Two Tunisian Artistic Fields: A Form of Legitimate Speech Annabelle Boissier and Mariem Guellouz

The Symbolic Power of Syrian Collective Memory since 2011 Alexa Firat

Committed Knowledge: Autonomy and Politicization of Research Institutions and Practices in Wartime Lebanon (1975-1990) Candice Raymond

The Crisis as an Institutional Tool: Challenging Anti-Institutional Challenges in the Egyptian Cultural Field Elena Chiti

The Algerian Literary Field in the 'Black Decade': Signs of Reinforced Polarization

Tristan Leperlier

Successive Shifts in the Yemeni Cultural Field 2011-2016 Laurent Damesin

Class and Creative Economies: The Culture Field in Cairo Ilka Eickhof

Contemporary Art in Extremis: Gaza between Imprisonment and Globalization Marion Slitine

Notes on the Contributors.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781838603533

1838603530

9781786736383

1786736381

9781786726322

1786726327

OCLC:

1111459686