In this lavishly illustrated work, Zeina Maasri tells the
tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster
wars which raged on its streets. From 1975 to 1990, different
factions in Lebanon's civil conflict flooded the streets with
posters to mobilize their constituencies, undermine their enemies,
and create public sympathy for their cause. Showcased here for the
first time, the posters display a dramatic clash of cultures,
ideologies and meanings. Maasri shows how the iconography of the
posters changed throughout the war, and links this to changing
political identities and imagined communities. She explores the
factions' different aesthetic influences; from modern Arab visual
culture to Latin America and revolutionary Iran. Combining in-depth
knowledge of the local context with fascinating insights into the
semiotics of visual media, "Off the Wall" is a highly original
contribution to our understanding of visual culture, civil
conflict, and the politics of the Middle East.
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