The Political Aesthetics of Global Protest
The Arab Spring and Beyond
Pnina Werbner editor Martin Webb editor Kathryn Spellman Poots editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:30th Jul '14
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From Egypt to India, and from Botswana to London, worker, youth and middle class rebellions have taken on the political and bureaucratic status quo. When most people can no longer earn a decent wage, they pit themselves against the privilege of small, wealthy and often corrupt elites. A remarkable feature of the protests from the Arab Spring onwards has been the salience of images, songs, videos, humour, satire and dramatic performances. This collection explores the central role the aesthetic played in energising the massive mobilisations of young people, the disaffected, the middle classes and the apolitical silent majority. Discover how it fuelled solidarities and alliances among democrats, workers, trade unions, civil rights activists and opposition parties.
This powerful collection of essays captures the breath-taking scale and creative depth of the wave of popular mobilisations which shook the world in 2011, illuminating aspects of these massive social movements which have been neglected in other accounts. The wide range of the case studies creates an invaluable comparative framework for future research. * Anne Alexander, University of Cambridge *
A fascinating collection for the insights it offers into the choreography of political protest movements around the world and the many connections between them. * Emma Tarlo, Goldsmiths, University of London *
An interesting overview of how in almost every part of the world, and in a period of only a few years, disruptive protest events came about. -- Thijs van Dooremalen * Ethnography *
ISBN: 9780748693344
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1125g
448 pages