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Off the wall : political posters of the Lebanese Civil War / Zeina Maasri ; foreword by Fawwaz Traboulsi.

Title
Off the wall : political posters of the Lebanese Civil War / Zeina Maasri ; foreword by Fawwaz Traboulsi.
Author
Maasri, Zeina
Publication
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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Ṭarābulsī, Fawwāz
Description
xxviii, 137 p., [64] p. of plates : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"In this lavishly illustrated work, Zeina Maasri tells the tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster wars which raged on its streets. From 1975 to 1990, different factions in Lebanon's civil conflict flooded the streets with posters to mobilize their constituencies, undermine their enemies, and create public sympathy for their cause. Showcased here for the first time, the posters display a dramatic clash of cultures, ideologies and meanings. Maasri shows how the iconography of the posters changed throughout the war, and links this to changing political identities and imagined communities. She explores the factions' different aesthetic influences; from modern Arab visual culture to Latin America and revolutionary Iran. Combining in-depth knowledge of the local context with fascinating insights into the semiotics of visual media, Off the Wall is a highly original contribution to our understanding of visual culture, civil conflict, and the politics of the Middle East."--Back cover.
Alternative Title
Political posters of the Lebanese Civil War
Subject
  • 1975-1990
  • Political posters
  • Art, Lebanese
  • Lebanon > Posters. > Civil War, 1975-1990
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Posters
Note
  • Published in conjunction with the exhibition Signs of conflict held in Beirut, 12 April - 1 May 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-131) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
List of posters -- Foreword / by Fawwaz Traboulsi -- Preface -- pt. I. The poster in context. Introduction: Political posters as symbolic sites of struggle graphic chronologies ; Agents, aesthetic genres and localities -- pt. II. Themes, icons, and signs. Leadership ; Commemoration ; Martyrdom ; Belonging.
ISBN
  • 9781845119515 (pbk.)
  • 1845119517 (pbk.)
OCLC
261948337
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library