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Khatib, Lina

Image politics in the Middle East : the role of the visual in political struggle / Lina Khatib. - xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Revolutionary Illusions, 1. The Visual Legacy of the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon; 2. Hizbullah: Image Management and Political Survival; 3. The Politics of (In)visibility in Iran. -- Part II: Revolutionary Images, 4. The Visual Rush of the Arab Spring ; 5. Television Images and Political Struggle ; 6. From Images of Dictators to Images of Citizens.

"Politics in the Middle East is now seen and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region – and particularly with the politics of the image, its power as a political tool."--From the publisher's website.

ISBN: 1848852827 9781848852822 1848852819 9781848852815

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communication in politics--Middle East
Visual communication--Middle East
Mass media--Political aspects--Middle East

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Politics and government--1979-

LC Class. No.: JA85.2.M628 / K438 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 320.0140956