The Monument: Art and Vulgarity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

The Monument: Art and Vulgarity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

by KananMakiya (Author)

Synopsis

This text is a study of the interplay between art and politics - of how culture, normally an unquestioned good, can play into the hands of power with devastating effects. Kanan Makiya uses the culture invented by Saddam Hussein as a window into the nature of totalitarianism.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Published: 31 Dec 2003

ISBN 10: 1860649661
ISBN 13: 9781860649660