Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 58 | 2022
Research Article | The Use of the Body and the Representation of Elderly Parents’ Care in the Visual Art from the Arab World

The Use of the Body and the Representation of Elderly Parents’ Care in the Visual Art from the Arab World

Preliminary Remarks for a Comparative Approach

Sara Mondini - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile

Abstract

This paper aims to present the first preliminary results of The Changing Body and the Care Experience in Visual Arts in a Comparative and Cross-cultural Perspective Between Western and Mediterranean Art, a research project focused on the perception and representation of care in the MENA region (i.e. the Middle East and North Africa). In modern and contemporary artistic productions from the area, a reflection on the perception and visual representation of care must necessarily set out from the depiction of the body and illness, which plays a crucial role in any discourse on caring. The purpose of this paper is therefore to offer an initial overview of the visual representation of caring, and of the way in which it is understood in North Africa and Middle East, through the comparative analysis of some case studies.

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Submitted: Feb. 25, 2022 | Accepted: May 19, 2022 | Published June 30, 2022 | Language: en

Keywords Contemporary art • Illness • Body • Care • MENA region

Copyright © 2022 Sara Mondini. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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dc.title	The Use of the Body and the Representation of Elderly Parents’ Care in the Visual Art from the Arab World. Preliminary Remarks for a Comparative Approach
dc.contributor.author	Mondini Sara
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
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dc.description.abstract	This paper aims to present the first preliminary results of The Changing Body and the Care Experience in Visual Arts in a Comparative and Cross-cultural Perspective Between Western and Mediterranean Art, a research project focused on the perception and representation of care in the MENA region (i.e. the Middle East and North Africa). In modern and contemporary artistic productions from the area, a reflection on the perception and visual representation of care must necessarily set out from the depiction of the body and illness, which plays a crucial role in any discourse on caring. The purpose of this paper is therefore to offer an initial overview of the visual representation of caring, and of the way in which it is understood in North Africa and Middle East, through the comparative analysis of some case studies.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 58 \| June 2022
dc.issued	2022-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2022-05-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-02-25
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2022/01/010
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Body
dc.subject	Care
dc.subject	Contemporary art
dc.subject	Illness
dc.subject	MENA region
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