
Geopolitics and the Event
Rethinking Britain's Iraq War Through Art
Alan Ingram(Author)
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-119-42605-9 (ISBN)
Description
An original exploration of the 2003 Iraq war and geopolitics more broadly through the prism of art.
* Offers a reappraisal of one of the most contentious and consequential events of the early twenty-first century
* Advances an original perspective on Britain's role in the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq
* Maps out new ways of thinking about geopolitical events through art
* Examines the work of artists, curators and activists in light of Britain's role as a colonial power in Iraq and the importance of oil
* Reflects on the significance, limits and dilemmas of art as a form of critical intervention
* Questions the implications of art in colonialism and modernity
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-42605-9 (9781119426059)
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Person
Alan Ingram is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at University of College London where he teaches political geography. He has published widely on geopolitics, biopolitics, aesthetics and related themes.
Content
List of Figures
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Thinking geopolitics through the event
3 Artworks as evental assemblages
4 Geopolitics at the museum
5 Iraq beyond Iraq
6 The geopolitical aesthetics of oil
7 Photomontage as geopolitical form
8 Geopolitical bodies
9 Conclusions
References
Index