Global Corpse Politics - The Obscenity Taboo

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Auchter's research focuses on visual politics and culture. She is author of The Politics of Haunting and Memory in International Relations (2014), and dozens of academic articles and edited volume chapters. She is the winner of the Fred Hartmann paper award from the International Studies Association. Klappentext What makes a photograph of a dead body obscene? Auchter's genealogy of obscenity argues that this process is highly political. Vorwort What makes a photograph of a dead body obscene? Auchter's genealogy of obscenity argues that this process is highly political. Zusammenfassung What makes a photograph of a dead body obscene? Auchter offers a genealogy of obscenity that argues this process is highly political. She explores how and why some images are framed as ethically necessary to view, while others are displayed as spectacles, and others deemed too graphic for viewing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Visualizing corpse politics; 2. Horrifically graphic: the obscene corpse; 3. The visual politics of ISIS beheadings; 4. Dead terrorists and dead dictators; 5. Proof of death: evidence and atrocity; 6. Displaying the dead body: Some conclusions.

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• Authors: Jessica Auchter, Jessica (University of Tennessee Auchter, Auchter Jessica
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009054386
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0905438-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, International Relations, Politics & government, Politics and government, Media, Information & Communication Industries, International Organisations & Institutions