Cloning terror : the war of images, 9/11 to the present

Cloning terror the war of images, 9/11 to the present

The phrase "War on Terror" has quietly been retired from official usage, but it persists in the American psyche, and our understanding of it is hardly complete. Nor will it be, W. J. T Mitchell argues, without a grasp of the images that it spawned, and that spawned it. Exploring the role o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mitchell, W. J. T. 1942- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press 2010.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Art and the war.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, in mass media.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Psychological aspects.
Visual communication > Psychological aspects.
Visual communication > Political aspects.
Oral communication > Psychological aspects.
Oral communication > Political aspects.
terrorist, terrorism, war, wartime, images, imagery, 9/11, history, historical, 20th, 21st, century, contemporary, modern, present day, america, american, united states, usa, psychology, psychological, memory, tragedy, clones, theory, theoretical, academic, scholarly, research, metaphorical, domestic, policy, government, biopower, biopolitics.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface. For a War on Error
  • 1. War Is Over (If You Want It)
  • 2. Cloning Terror
  • 3. Clonophobia
  • 4. Autoimmunity Picturing Terror
  • 5. The Unspeakable and the Unimaginable
  • 6. Biopictures
  • 7. The Abu Ghraib Archive
  • 8. Documentary Knowledge and Image Life
  • 9. State of the Union, or Jesus Comes to Abu Ghraib
  • Conclusion. A Poetics of the Historical Image
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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