Portraits of Violence : War and the Aesthetics of Disfigurement /

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Portraits of Violence 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 resp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Biernoff, Suzannah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Corporealities.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Surgery, Plastic.
Disfigured persons > Treatment.
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation.
Theatrical prosthetic makeup.
Prosthesis > Case studies.
War wounds > Treatment.
Mutilation > Treatment.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The elusive portrait
  • 2. Aversion : a history
  • 3. Repairing war's ravages
  • 4. Flesh poems
  • 5. The afterlife of Henry Lumley
  • Conclusion.

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