TY - BOOK AU - Khatib,Lina TI - Image politics in the Middle East: the role of the visual in political struggle SN - 1848852827 AV - JA85.2.M628 K438 2013 U1 - 320.0140956 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London, New York PB - I.B. Tauris KW - Communication in politics KW - Middle East KW - Visual communication KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects KW - Politics and government KW - 1979- N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -