{"product_id":"geopolitics-and-the-event-isbn-9781119426059","title":"Geopolitics and the Event","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original exploration of the 2003 Iraq war and geopolitics more broadly through the prism of art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a reappraisal of one of the most contentious and consequential events of the early twenty-first century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvances an original perspective on Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps out new ways of thinking about geopolitical events through art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the work of artists, curators and activists in light of Britain’s role as a colonial power in Iraq and the importance of oil\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects on the significance, limits and dilemmas of art as a form of critical intervention\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions the implications of art in colonialism and modernity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Thinking Geopolitics Through the Event 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Artworks as Evental Assemblages 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Geopolitics at the Museum 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Iraq Beyond Iraq 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Geopolitical Aesthetics of Oil 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Photomontage as Geopolitical Form 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Geopolitical Bodies 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conclusions 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Ingram\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at University of College London where he teaches political geography. He has published widely on geopolitics, biopolitics, aesthetics and related themes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeopolitics and the Event: Rethinking Britain’s Iraq War Through Art \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a reappraisal of one of the most contentious and consequential events of the early twenty-first century. Drawing on analysis of dozens of art works and exhibitions and on interdisciplinary literatures and debates, the book advances an original perspective on Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq and maps out new ways of thinking about geopolitics through art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining the work of artists, curators and activists in light of Britain’s role as a colonial power in Iraq and the importance of oil, the book highlights the diverse ways in which the war has been appropriated creatively, while reflecting on the significance, limits and dilemmas of art as a form of critical intervention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten at the intersections between geography, politics and aesthetics, \u003ci\u003eGeopolitics and the Event\u003c\/i\u003e challenges conventional accounts of the Iraq war and questions the complex implications of art in colonialism and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eGeopolitics and the Event\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling survey of the response to the Iraq war both by Iraqi and non-Iraqi visual artists that is brimming with insight on every page. I have no doubt this book will become an essential reference for anyone researching or thinking about the catastrophe of the Iraq War and the sanction years.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHassan Abdulrazzak, Iraqi-British playwright \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘In this timely and thought-provoking book, Alan Ingram asks us to consider how Britain’s war in Iraq has been encountered, appropriated and reworked through art works, by artists and through exhibition practices. \u003ci\u003eGeopolitics and the Event\u003c\/i\u003e offers us a systematic exploration of how artistic enactments challenge the dominant logics of the Iraq war, and prompts us to rethink this significant geopolitical event.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Woodward, Professor of Human Geography, Newcastle University, UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989284602085,"sku":"NP9781119426059","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119426059.jpg?v=1761783516","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/geopolitics-and-the-event-isbn-9781119426059","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}