Demanding Images - Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia

In this ethnography of Indonesia's post-authoritarian public sphere, Karen Strassler explores the role of public images as they gave visual form to the ideals, aspirations, and anxieties of democracy.

List of contents

Preface  VII
Acknowledgments  XI
Introduction. The Eventfulness of Images  3
1. Face Value  33
2. The Gender of Transparency  67
3. The Scandal of Exposure  95
4. Naked Effects  133
5. Street Signs  169
Conclusion. The Eye of the Crowd  221
Notes  247
Bibliography  299
Index  319

About the author

Karen Strassler

Summary

In this ethnography of Indonesia's post-authoritarian public sphere, Karen Strassler explores the role of public images as they gave visual form to the ideals, aspirations, and anxieties of democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Strassler
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781478004080
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0408-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology