Explores the visual ways in which the concept of revolution is appropriated through public images across the globe using a diverse range of case studies.
1. Introduction: Decolonizing Revolution through Visual Articulations, Lisa B.Y. Calvente / 2. Icons of Revolution: Constructions of Emiliano Zapata in Prints of the Mexican Revolution, Theresa Avila / 3. Imprinting Industriousness in the Quest for the Good Life: Lineages of the Chinese Revolutionary Image from 1949 to the Present, Alison Hulme / 4. Image in Revolution: Articulating the Visual Arts and Becoming Cuban, Lisa B.Y. Calvente and Guadalupe García / 5. The Image of Difference: Racial Coalition and Social Collapse by way of Vietnam, Brynn Hatton / 6. Ethiopia Tiqdem? The Influence of the Mythic, Protest and Red Terror Periods on Ethiopian Pan Africanism, Meron Wondwosen / 7. Incas for Sale: Commodified Images of Historical Sites, Silvia Nagy-Zekmi and Kevin J. Ryan / 8. Hugo Chávez, Iconic Associationism, and the Bolívarian Revolution, Joshua Frye / 9. Crisis and Revolution: Activist Art in Neoliberal Buenos Aires, Leonora Souza Paula / 10. Mexican Spring: #YoSoy132's Images of Resistance, Nasheli Jiménez del Val / Bibliography / Further Reading / Index
Edited by Lisa B. Y. Calvente and Guadalupe García