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The Image of the Martyr in Syrian Performance and Web Activism
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 57, Number 1, Spring 2013 (T217)
- pp. 116-136
- Article
- Additional Information
The Syrian opposition has used web and performance activism to bolster and spread an ethos of creative resistance, subverting state ceremonies and rhetoric. These activists have transformed the martyr into the one who died defying rather than supporting the state.