Description
This book highlights the linkages between politics and governance and the arts. The essays in the volume show how visual and performative arts have challenged those in power – or conversely patronised by them – been used for propaganda, to stir up national fervour and found themselves at the receiving end of political censure. They focus on the tension and symbiosis between the politician and the artist foregrounding how they have always tried to influence, challenge and, in some cases, undermine one another.
This volume will serve as an indispensable source for researchers and academics in political science, the humanities and performing arts.
Table of Contents
Politics in paintings, sculpture, urban planning, theatre and cinematography: An Introduction Part 1 - Politics and the Visual Arts 1. Polis and Imperium: the making of the modern world 2. Politics and Art in Baroque Malta: A Case Study in the Expression of Magnificence and its Relevance to the present day 3. Colonialism, collective identity and symbolism: Constructing perceptions of identity in a former British colony 4. Symbols of statehood: flags and national anthems 5. Postage Stamps as a political tool across time and space: Reflections of a Maltese Philatelist 6. Architecture, Politics and Memory in Post-WWII Europe 7. Political posters and Corsican nationalist mobilisation: 1970-1990 Part 2 - Politics in the Performative Arts 8. French cinematography and politics: A symbol of French national cultural identity 9. The World through the Comedian's Lens: The Political and Social Commentary of Charles Chaplin 10. Brecht for non-marxists 11. Fantozzi and politics as a farce: A critical perspective 12. The politics of film industry: The Maltese experience 13. Pathways: Walking in a Terrain in Flux
