9/11 and Its Remediations in Popular Culture and Arts in Africa, 3 Contributor(s): Behrend, Heike (Editor), Wendl, Tobias (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3643906277 ISBN-13: 9783643906274 Publisher: Lit Verlag
Binding Type: Paperback Published: July 2015 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: African Art and Visual Cultures. Arts Et Cultures Visuelles |
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BISAC Categories: - Art | African |
Series: African Art and Visual Cultures. Arts Et Cultures Visuelles |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.2" W x 10.5" L (1.00 lbs) 140 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
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Publisher Description: 9/11 has been described as an absolute event that radically changed the course of history. It reinforced the opposition between Christian and Muslim worlds and led to the declaration of a unilateral war against a global network of terrorists that broke up the classical definition of war as a war between nation states. Yet, 9/11 also created responses in parts of the world that were not directly involved in the unfolding war on terror. In Africa, local conflicts were re-mapped into an emerging new geography of anger that also reflects the effects of marginalization in a globalized world. The essays of this volume explore local remediations of 9/11 in African popular culture (posters, photographs, videos, cartoons, etc.) and visual arts. They give evidence of the fundamental ambivalence towards the event of 9/11 and provide insights into the various ways distant conflicts are translated into intense proximities. (Series: African Art and Visual Cultures - Vol. 3) [Subject: African Studies, Cultural Studies, Art] |
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