Martyr posters are more than obituary images - they can act as visual politics. Focusing on Rabih Mroué's play How Nancy Wished That Everything Was an April Fool's Joke (2007), Agnes Rameder analyses how contemporary artists question and appropriate Lebanese martyr posters. By linking the posters from the Wars in Lebanon (1975-1990) to contemporary posters, she shows that these images continue to the present day, that martyrs are still created and that deaths, such as those who were killed in the explosion on 4 August 2020, are still visually remembered. This study does not focus on how such pictures are perceived by a Western audience but delves into the use and abuse of martyr posters that were intended to be shown to the Lebanese.
| ISBN: | 9783837675399 |
| Publication date: | 15th January 2025 |
| Author: | Agnes Rameder |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 414 pages |
| Series: | Image |
| Genres: |
History of art Media studies Theory of art |
Martyr posters are more than obituary images - they can act as visual politics. Focusing on Rabih Mroué's play How Nancy Wished That Everything Was an April Fool's Joke (2007), Agnes Rameder analyses how contemporary artists question and appropriate Lebanese martyr posters. By linking the posters from the Wars in Lebanon (1975-1990) to contemporary posters, she shows that these images continue to the present day, that martyrs are still created and that deaths, such as those who were killed in the explosion on 4 August 2020, are still visually remembered. This study does not focus on how such pictures are perceived by a Western audience but delves into the use and abuse of martyr posters that were intended to be shown to the Lebanese.
Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut features in the following genres: History of art, Theory of art, Media studies
Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut is available in Paperback
Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut was written by Agnes Rameder and published by Transcript an imprint of transcript
Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut has 414 pages
Yes it is part of Image series
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