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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Biernoff, Suzannah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Series:Corporealities.
Subjects:
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
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