Geopolitics and the Event: Rethinking Britain's Iraq War Through Art (RGS-IBG Book Series)

Author: Ingram, Alan

Edition: 1

Format: Kindle eBook

Number Of Pages: 233

EAN: 9781119426042

Release Date: 13-07-2019

Languages: English

Binding: Kindle Edition

Details:

An original exploration of the 2003 Iraq war and geopolitics more broadly through the prism of art.

• Offers a reappraisal of one of the most contentious and consequential events of the early twenty-first century
• Advances an original perspective on Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq
• Maps out new ways of thinking about geopolitical events through art
• Examines the work of artists, curators and activists in light of Britain’s role as a colonial power in Iraq and the importance of oil
• Reflects on the significance, limits and dilemmas of art as a form of critical intervention
• Questions the implications of art in colonialism and modernity