Visual Culture

This dissertation is a study of the visual culture and aesthetic discourses of Zionism between 1890 and 1918. By focusing on Max Nordau's fraught invention of the “muscle Jew” and his paradoxical aesthetics of regeneration, I show how Zionism made use of the domain of the visual…

This study explored the state of art education in Turkey as revealed by pre-service art education university instructors, and the potential of incorporating visual culture studies in pre-service art education in Turkey. The instructors' ideas about visual culture, and popular cu…

Like all wars, the Global War on Terror (GWOT) (2001-present) has resulted in upheavals of culture and politics. What makes the GWOT unique is the degree to which these disruptions coincide. This dissertation explores their convergence in visual culture, a key medium through whi…

Over the last several decades numerous scholarly articles and books have been published on Moroccan art forms. Yet, these studies have consistently examined Morocco's traditional works or its older forms of artistic practices. Specifically, Morocco's ceramics objects and textile…