Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut : Appropriations of Martyr Posters and Other Images of the Physically Deceased

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 fr...

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Main Author: Agnes Rameder
Format: Book
Published: transcript 2024
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