Arabic-L:LIT:New Book:Discourses of the Arab Spring

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1) Subject:Discourses of the Arab Spring

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Date: 05 Mar 2013
From:Emad Abdul-Latif <emadaaeg at yahoo.com>
Subject:Discourses of the Arab Spring

New book on the Discourses of the Arab Spring
Title: 'Rhetoric of Liberation: The discursive battles in the era of
revolution'(بلاغة الحرية: معارك الخطاب السياسي في زمن الثورة).
Author: Dr. Emad Abdul-latif (Cairo University)
Publisher: al-Tanweer (Beirut, Cairo and Tunisia).
Language: Arabic
Link:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/62/64249/Books/Review/Rhetoric-of-Freedom-wins-Cairo-International-Book-.aspx

In this book, Dr. Abdul-Latif analyzes the three most powerful discourses
that emerged during the Arab Spring: the discourse of squares; the
discourse of screens and the discourse of (election) boxes. He analyzes
some of the most influential texts, speech and images in Egypt’s public
sphere. This data includes speeches by President Hosni Mubarak, Field
Marshall Hussein Tantawy and President Mohamed Morsi as well as protestors'
leaflets, slogans, graffiti, songs and caricatures.

The book also tackles Egyptian state television’s coverage of the uprising
during the transitional period and devotes particular attention to how
government-owned media led the anti-revolutionary discourse. In addition,
'Rhetoric of Liberation' studies in detail the persuasive arguments
employed by campaigners in the parliamentary and presidential Egyptian
elections. The author analyzes in detail the discourses of the Islamists
campaigns that defeated their rivals in these elections.

The book won the prize for best Arab book in Social Sciences from the
Egyptian Ministry of Culture in the Cairo International Book Fair, January
2013.


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