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100	1		_aKraidy, Marwan M., _d1972- _eauthor. _92580
245	1	4	_aThe naked blogger of Cairo : _bcreative insurgency in the Arab world / _cMarwan M. Kraidy.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c[2016]
300			_avii, 293 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
500			_aشراء معرض القاهرة للكتاب 2019
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aI. In the name of the people: The people want -- The dictator's two bodies -- Creative insurgency -- II. Burning man: Protest suicide -- Viral pain -- The defender -- A bad rap -- Down and out in Tunis -- Loaves of contention -- A better future -- III. Laughing cow: Pharaoh's health -- A digital body politic -- Living martyr -- Funny men -- Laughing cow -- The poodle and the bear -- The lion and the eagle -- The dictator's tear -- IV. Puppets and masters: An eye for an eye? -- The upper hand -- Sprayman -- Stencil standstill -- Top goon -- Giving Bashar the finger -- In sickness and in health -- V. Virgins and vixens: The naked blogger of Cairo -- The aesthetics of disrobement -- Dutiful daughter -- Blue bra girl -- Vigilance and virulence -- Sextremism and Islamophobia -- The "liberals"' dilemma -- Abstract bodies? -- VI. Requiem for a revolution?: Concept pop? -- The creative-curatorial-corporate-complex -- The Daesh stain -- Another pharaoh? -- The specter of death.
520			_a"Uprisings spread like wildfire across the Arab world from 2010 to 2012, fueled by a desire for popular sovereignty. In Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere, protesters flooded the streets and the media, voicing dissent through slogans, graffiti, puppetry, videos, and satire that called for the overthrow of dictators and the regimes that sustained them. Investigating what drives people to risk everything to express themselves in rebellious art, "The Naked Blogger of Cairo" uncovers the creative insurgency at the heart of the Arab uprisings. While commentators have stressed the role of social media, Marwan M. Kraidy shows that the essential medium of political expression was not cell phone texts or Twitter but something more fundamental: the human body. Brutal governments that coerced citizens through torture and rape found themselves confronted with the bodies of protesters, burning with defiance and boldly violating taboos. Activists challenged authority in brazen acts of self-immolation, nude activism, and hunger strikes. The bodies of dictators became a focus of ridicule. A Web series presented Syria's Bashar al-Assad as a pathetic finger puppet, while cartoons and videos spread a meme of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak as a regurgitating cow. The rise of digital culture complicates our understanding of the human body in revolutionary times. As Kraidy argues, technology publicizes defiance, but the body remains the vital nexus of physical struggle and digital communication, destabilizing distinctions between "the real world" and virtual reality, spurring revolutionary debates about the role of art, and anchoring Islamic State's attempted hijacking of creative insurgency."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aArab Spring, 2010- _92581
650		0	_aHuman body _xPolitical aspects _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _92169
650		0	_aArts _xPolitical aspects _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _92582
650		0	_aInsurgency _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _92583
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century. _92384
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