Tania El Khoury's live art collaborative knowledge production

"Live Art Across Borders: A Reader Inspired by the Work of Tania El Khoury is the first book to examine the work of Tania El Khoury, a new media and performance artist deeply engaged in the politics and histories of the South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. Since the 2011 Syrian upri...

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Other Authors: Robbins, Carrie (Editor), McLaughlin, Laurel V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst, Baltimore, Md. Amherst College Press, Project MUSE 2024, 20240000©2024
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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