
Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut
Appropriations of Martyr Posters and Other Images of the Physically Deceased
Agnes Rameder(Author)
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1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
414 pages
978-3-8376-7539-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
253
Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Illustrations
218
14 s/w Abbildungen, 204 farbige Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8376-7539-9 (9783837675399)
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Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut
Appropriations of Martyr Posters and Other Images of the Physically Deceased
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