Shahi al-Ḥuriya: Militant optimism and freedom tea

Leila Tayeb

doi:10.1177/2057047317714803

Shahi al-Ḥuriya: Militant optimism and freedom tea

Leila Tayeb^*

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Abstract

This essay traces utopian impulses, following Ernst Bloch and José Esteban Muñoz, in three musical performances of 2011 Libya. It contends that these performances illustrate the militant optimism that characterized this historical moment in Libya, and that reading them closely enables a nuanced engagement with Blochian theorizations of utopia as they are relevant to the quotidian both in seemingly unremarkable and in extraordinary times.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	164-176
Number of pages	13
Journal	Communication and the Public
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2057047317714803
State	Published - Jun 1 2017

Keywords

Libya
music
quotidian
revolution
tea
utopia

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Communication

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