Creative Reckonings: The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt

摘要: The Egyptian art world is the oldest and largest in Arab Middle East. Its artists must reckon with histories of ancient Egypt, European modernism, anti-colonial nationalism, state socialism-all context a growing neoliberal economy marked by American global dominance. At this crucial intersection culture, politics, economy, Egypt's provide unique insight into current struggles for cultural identity sovereignty This book examines heated politics today's world, tells how art-making has become an unexpectedly central part that. It offers lively analysis battles between artists, curators, audiences over authenticity, policy, public changing urban new marketing art. it shows powerfully exemplifies people East transformations that are culture made societies colonial socialist pasts.