Distant Wars Visible : The Ambivalence of Witnessing /

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In our wired world, visual images of military conflict and political strife are ubiquitous. Far less obvious, far more elusive, is how we see such images, how witnessing military violence and suffering affects us. Distant Wars Visible brings a new perspective to such enduring questions about conflic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kozol, Wendy, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War > Press coverage.
War photography.
War in mass media.
Visual communication > Political aspects.
Photojournalism > Political aspects.
war photography.
Photographie de presse > Aspect politique.
Guerre > Couverture de presse.
Guerre dans les medias.
Photographie de guerre.
Communication visuelle > Aspect politique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction: Looking Elsewhere; 1. Domesticating War in Kosovo: Media Witnessing and Transnational Motherhood; 2. Human Rights, Visual Rhetoric: Photojournalism and the War in Afghanistan; 3. Precarity in the Night Sky: Missile Defense Advocacy and the U.S. Surveillance Regime; 4. Battlefield Trophies: Soldiers' Archives and the Affective Politics of Recoil; 5. Skeptical Documents: Toward an Ethics of Spectatorship; Conclusion: From the Sky, on the Ground; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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