The Monument: Art and Vulgarity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq - Kanan Makiya - Books - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 9781860649660 - December 31, 2003
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The Monument: Art and Vulgarity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

Kanan Makiya

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

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.


176 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 31, 2003
ISBN13 9781860649660
Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages 176
Dimensions 148 × 211 × 13 mm   ·   371 g

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