02073nam 2200517 450 991077700290332120230617003520.00-85771-488-0600-00-0736-11-4237-1171-8(CKB)1000000000446479(EBL)676906(OCoLC)721194007(SSID)ssj0000205344(PQKBManifestationID)12075045(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205344(PQKBWorkID)10192925(PQKB)10476064(MiAaPQ)EBC676906(Au-PeEL)EBL676906(CaONFJC)MIL495223(EXLCZ)99100000000044647920220517d2004 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe monument art and vulgarity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq /Kanan MakiyaLondon ;New York :I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd.,2004.1 online resource (170 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86064-966-1 In Baghdad, an enormous monument nearly twice the size of the Arc de Triomphe towers over the city. Two huge forearms emerge from the ground, clutching two swords that clash overhead. Those arms are enlarged casts of those of Saddam Hussein, showing every bump and follicle. The 'Victory Arch' celebrates a victory over Iran (in their 8-year long war) that never happened. 'The Monument' 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 inventedMonumentsPolitical aspectsIraqBaghdad (Iraq)Buildings, structures, etcMonumentsPolitical aspects725.94Makiya Kanan1479998MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777002903321The monument3696448UNINA