Portraits of violence : war and the aesthetics of disfigurement /

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This book explores the image and idea of facial disfigurement in one of its most troubling modern formations, as a symbol and consequence of war. It opens with Nina Berman's iconic photograph Marine Wedding, which provoked a debate about the medical, military, and psychological response to seri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Biernoff, Suzannah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Colección:Corporealities.
Temas:
Mutilation > Treatment.
War wounds > Treatment.
Prosthesis > Case studies.
Theatrical prosthetic makeup.
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation.
Disfigured persons > Treatment.
Surgery, Plastic.
Face > Wounds and injuries.
Portraits.
Facial Injuries
War-Related Injuries > rehabilitation
Portraits as Topic
Physical Appearance, Body
Esthetics > psychology
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Veterans Health
Surgery, Plastic
Mutilation > Traitement.
Blessures de guerre > Traitement.
Prothèses > Études de cas.
Maquillage tridimensionnel (Théâtre)
Invalides de guerre > Réadaptation.
Personnes défigurées > Traitement.
Chirurgie plastique.
Face > Lésions et blessures.
portraits.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Portraits
Face > Wounds and injuries
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation
Prosthesis
Theatrical prosthetic makeup
War wounds > Treatment
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The elusive portrait
  • Aversion: a history
  • Repairing war's ravages
  • Flesh poems
  • The afterlife of Henry Lumley
  • Conclusion.

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