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War Culture and the Contest of Images analyzes the relationships among contemporary war, documentary practices, and democratic ideals. Using carefully chosen case studies, Dora Apel examines a wide variety of images and cultural representations of war in the United States and the Middle East, includ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Apel, Dora, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War and society.
Art and war.
Art and society.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
ART > General.
Art et societe.
Guerre et societe.
Art et guerre.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Romance of War; Chapter 1. Technologies of War, Media, and Dissent in the Post-9/11 Work of Krzysztof Wodiczko; Chapter 2. Historical Reenactment: Romantic Amnesia or Counter-Memory?; Part II. The Body of War; Chapter 3. Abu Ghraib, Gender, and the Military; Chapter 4. The Body as Political Corpus; Part III. The Landscape of War; Chapter 5. Controlling the Frame: Photojournalism, Digital Technology, and "Modern Warfare."
  • Chapter 6. Israel/Palestine and the Political ImaginaryConclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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