Seen and unseen : visual cultures of imperialism /
Seen and Unseen teases out and explores how visual mediums construct visual cultures that often create limited perspectives of certain issues and groups. This volume focuses in particular on the representation of Islam and Muslims. It deals with fixed and stereotypical visual representations and exp...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden :
Brill,
2017.
Series:
Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World
05.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.
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Call Number: BP163 .S44 2017
| Summary: | Seen and Unseen teases out and explores how visual mediums construct visual cultures that often create limited perspectives of certain issues and groups. This volume focuses in particular on the representation of Islam and Muslims. It deals with fixed and stereotypical visual representations and explores alternative and challenging visual representations that reconstruct and dismantle existing belief systems. It approaches the topic from a vantage point of diverse multiple perspectives. Covering issues from Brunei, Iran, Egypt, and England and cyberspace, the essays in this volume examine the visual cultures of how Islam and Muslims are understood, misunderstood, misrepresented, or even embraced visually. Scholars in this volume draw on historical paintings, books and their covers, photography, and news to demonstrate the diversity and sometimes contradictory visual cultures that construct and adhere meaning to how Islam and Muslim people are seen. Contributors: Hoda Afshar, Jared Ahmed, Syed Farid Alatas, Sanaz Fotouhi, Christiane Gruber, Layla Hendow, Raihana M.M., Bruno Starrs and Esmaeil Zeiny. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004357013 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |