The Body in Twilight
Representation of the Human Body, Sexuality and
Struggle in Contemporary Arab Art
978-3-639-05984-7
3639059840
224
2008-09-25
79.00 €
eng
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This book analyses the work of six Arab artists who
live and work outside the Arab region, who use
various media to express, reflect and represent the
human body.It offers a guide to developments in
contemporary Arab art, relying on specific theories,
and to link the findings to various movements in
Arab culture and society in relation to
international art.
The book studies the impact of Arabic classical
erotic literature on Arab art and artists, and
focuses on the exploitation of Arab and Islamic
culture for the benefit of Western ideologies. It
presents a critical and historical analysis of the
issue of the veil, demonstrating its importance and
place within Islamic societies. It focuses on
colonial theories in developing the issues of
inferiority and stereotypes. The book examines the
term Orientalism and the impact of the media in
stereotyping and marginalizing Arabs and Islam. The
book investigates the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,
and looks into the issue of war and dispersion that
has affected Arabs physically and spiritually. It
deals with the way Arab visual artists reflect the
struggle and confrontation, and the resistance of
the human body to war and death.
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