Fantasmic objects : art and sociality from Lebanon, 1920-1950 /
"In Lebanon, the study of modern art-rather than power or hierarchy-has compelled citizens to confront how they define themselves as a postcolonial nation. In Fantasmic Objects, Kirsten L. Scheid offers a striking study of both modern art in Lebanon and modern Lebanon through art. By focusing o...
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
2022
Bloomington, Indiana : [2022] |
| Series: | Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : No Art Here
- Exhibitions : Sociality as Fantasm
- Nudes : The Citizen as Fantasm
- Landscapes : The Nation as Fantasm
- Art Lessons : Fantasmic Formations of the Lady-Artist
- Portraits : Toward a Fantasmic Ontology of Art Acts
- Conclusion : Between Art and Here