Paint and Politics, Analyzing the 2011 Egyptian Revolution through Graffiti

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dc.contributor.authorChehade, Nalaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-18T19:45:58Zen
dc.date.available2019-06-18T19:45:58Zen
dc.date.issued2018-04-23en
dc.description.abstractThis paper will analyze the works of street artists Ganzeer, Zeft, and Ammar Abo Bakr during the Egyptian Revolution in 2011. It will argue that alternative media affected social change more efficiently than traditional digital and print media. Each section will analyze graffiti pieces as belonging to one of three categories: social movements aimed at mobilizing citizens towards a common goal, visions of alternate futures aimed at remedying present problems, or memorials aimed at honoring victims and documenting administrative crimes. Additionally, each section will examine the production and preservation of specific pieces, including audience interaction and distribution, as a factor in the changing perception of national identity during the Arab Spring. The multitude of graffiti pieces complicate the construction of a single narrative by suggesting diversity in political leaders and historical narratives. The graffiti pieces reflect the diversity of citizens and present an acceptance of the multiplicity of national narratives as a solution to the causes of the Egyptian Revolution and wider Arab Spring.en
dc.format.extent24 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationNala Chehade, Paint and Politics, Virginia Tech Undergraduate Historical Review 7 (2018), 63-86en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21061/vtuhr.v7i0.4en
dc.identifier.eissn2165-9915en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/90266en
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Tech Department of Historyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderVirginia Tech Department of History, Authors retain rights to individual worksen
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dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.titlePaint and Politics, Analyzing the 2011 Egyptian Revolution through Graffitien
dc.title.serialVirginia Tech Undergraduate Historical Reviewen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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