Seen and unseen : : visual cultures of imperialism / / edited by Sanaz Fotouhi, Esmaeil Zeiny.

• TeilnehmendeR: Fotouhi, Sanaz,; Zeiny, Esmaeil,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World 05.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction. Visual Cultures of Islam: The Seen, Unseen and the in Between /; The Arrest of Diponegoro: Visual Orientalism and Its Alternative /; Images of the Prophet Muhammad: Brief Thoughts on Some European-Islamic Encounters /; Nightmarish Visions? Shifting Visual Representations of the ‘Islamic’ Terrorist Throughout the ‘War on Terror’ /; Oil and Women: Invisibility as Power in Nawal El-Saadawi’s Love in the Kingdom of Oil /; ‘World Hijab Day’: Positioning the Hijabi in Cyberspace /; Contemporary Bruneian Cinema in the Context of Sharia Law /; Visual Discourses of (Un)veiling: Revisiting Women of Allah /; Visibility and Veiling: Iranian Art on the Global Scene /; From Woman to Tehran: The Shifting Representations of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Book Covers by Iranian Writers in English /; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004357017
• ISSN: 2214-6563
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Sanaz Fotouhi, Esmaeil Zeiny.

Seen and Unseen teases out and explores how visual mediums construct visual cultures that often create limited perspectives of certain issues and groups. This volume focuses in particular on the representation of Islam and Muslims. It deals with fixed and stereotypical visual representations and explores alternative and challenging visual representations that reconstruct and dismantle existing belief systems. It approaches the topic from a vantage point of diverse multiple perspectives. Covering issues from Brunei, Iran, Egypt, and England and cyberspace, the essays in this volume examine the visual cultures of how Islam and Muslims are understood, misunderstood, misrepresented, or even embraced visually. Scholars in this volume draw on historical paintings, books and their covers, photography, and news to demonstrate the diversity and sometimes contradictory visual cultures that construct and adhere meaning to how Islam and Muslim people are seen. Contributors: Hoda Afshar, Jared Ahmed, Syed Farid Alatas, Sanaz Fotouhi, Christiane Gruber, Layla Hendow, Raihana M.M., Bruno Starrs and Esmaeil Zeiny.