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"The Politics of Art in Modern Egypt: Aesthetics, Ideology and Nation Building." Patric... more "The Politics of Art in Modern Egypt: Aesthetics, Ideology and Nation Building." Patrick Kane. I.B. Tauris. February 2013. --- Art and cultural production in Egypt during much of the last hundred years has operated against a backdrop of political crisis and confrontation. In this book Patrick Kane focuses on the turbulent changes of the 1920s to 1960s, when polemical discourse and artistic practice developed against the entrenched and co-opted conservatism of elite and state culture. Susheel Gokarakonda finds that this book is essential reading for students of Egyptian art and literature, modern history, and revolutionary movements in the Arab world.
Tweet Tweet 4 0 Share Art and cultural production in Egypt during much of the last hundred years ... more Tweet Tweet 4 0 Share Art and cultural production in Egypt during much of the last hundred years has operated against a backdrop of political crisis and confrontation. In this book Patrick Kane focuses on the turbulent changes of the 1920s to 1960s, when polemical discourse and artistic practice developed against the entrenched and co-opted conservatism of elite and state culture. This entry was posted in Africa and the Middle East, Arts and Literature, IB Tauris, Politics, Susheel Gokarakonda and tagged Arab Spring, art, Egypt, history, literature, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, politics, revolutions. Bookmark the permalink.
Journal of Art History and Museum Studies, 2012
"The Politics of Art in Modern Egypt: Aesthetics, Ideology and Nation Building." Patric... more "The Politics of Art in Modern Egypt: Aesthetics, Ideology and Nation Building." Patrick Kane. I.B. Tauris. February 2013. --- Art and cultural production in Egypt during much of the last hundred years has operated against a backdrop of political crisis and confrontation. In this book Patrick Kane focuses on the turbulent changes of the 1920s to 1960s, when polemical discourse and artistic practice developed against the entrenched and co-opted conservatism of elite and state culture. Susheel Gokarakonda finds that this book is essential reading for students of Egyptian art and literature, modern history, and revolutionary movements in the Arab world.
Tweet Tweet 4 0 Share Art and cultural production in Egypt during much of the last hundred years ... more Tweet Tweet 4 0 Share Art and cultural production in Egypt during much of the last hundred years has operated against a backdrop of political crisis and confrontation. In this book Patrick Kane focuses on the turbulent changes of the 1920s to 1960s, when polemical discourse and artistic practice developed against the entrenched and co-opted conservatism of elite and state culture. This entry was posted in Africa and the Middle East, Arts and Literature, IB Tauris, Politics, Susheel Gokarakonda and tagged Arab Spring, art, Egypt, history, literature, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, politics, revolutions. Bookmark the permalink.
Journal of Art History and Museum Studies, 2012