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Culture and Crisis in the Arab WorldArt, Practice and Production in Spaces of ConflictRichard Jacquemond, Felix Lang, Londres, I.B.Tauris, 264 pp.Ce livre collectif est issu du workshop "Champs culturels arabes en crise" (MMSH, 7-8 novembre 2016) organisé par l’IREMAM et le CNMS de Marburg.En savoir plus sur l’ouvrageAbout Culture and Crisis in the Arab WorldSince 2011, the art of the Arab uprisings has been the subject of much scholarly and popular attention. Yet the role of artists, writers and filmmakers themselves as social actors working under extraordinary conditions has been relatively neglected. Drawing on critical readings of Bourdieu's Field Theory, this book explores the production of culture in Arab social spaces in 'crisis'. In ten case studies, contributors examine a wide range of countries and conflicts, from Algeria to the Arab countries of the Gulf. They discuss among other things the impact of Western public diplomacy organisations on the arts scene in post-revolutionary Cairo and the consequences of dwindling state support for literary production in Yemen. Providing a valuable source of empirical data for researchers, the book breaks new ground in adapting Bourdieu's theory to the particularities of cultural production in the Middle East and North Africa.Table of contentsIntroduction: Richard Jacquemond and Felix Lang~Beauty, Goodness, and Bombs. The Role of Political Crisis in Structuring the MENA Field of Cultural ProductionFelix LangRumour in Two Tunisian Artistic Fields: A Form of Legitimate SpeechAnnabelle Boissier and Mariem GuellouzThe Symbolic Power of Syrian Collective Memory since 2011Alexa FiratCommitted Knowledge: Autonomy and Politicization of Research Institutions and Practices in Wartime Lebanon (1975-1990)Candice RaymondThe Crisis as an Institutional Tool: Challenging Anti-Institutional Challenges in the Egyptian Cultural FieldElena ChitiThe Algerian Literary Field in the 'Black Decade': Signs of Reinforced PolarizationTristan LeperlierSuccessive Shifts in the Yemeni Cultural Field 2011-2016Laurent DamesinClass and Creative Economies: The Culture Field in CairoIlka EickhofContemporary Art in Extremis: Gaza between Imprisonment and GlobalizationMarion SlitineNotes on the Contributors