The Gaze of the X-Ray - An Archive of Violence

Since its invention in the late nineteenth century, the penetrating gaze of the X-ray has changed our vision of the inside of the human body. After we started to see inside ourselves, the relationship between ourselves and our bodies changed forever. As a progression in medical science, X-ray technology was fashioned to maintain and save life. However, as the contributors to this volume show, it has been a device of ruination as well. They visualise the traces and the pattern of violence, practised by the states, racial capitalism, colonial racism and sexism. By juxtaposing different cases across time and space, this collection demonstrates a set of relations between civilization and ruination.

Summary

Since its invention in the late nineteenth century, the penetrating gaze of the X-ray has changed our vision of the inside of the human body. After we started to see inside ourselves, the relationship between ourselves and our bodies changed forever. As a progression in medical science, X-ray technology was fashioned to maintain and save life. However, as the contributors to this volume show, it has been a device of ruination as well. They visualise the traces and the pattern of violence, practised by the states, racial capitalism, colonial racism and sexism. By juxtaposing different cases across time and space, this collection demonstrates a set of relations between civilization and ruination.

Product details

• Assisted by: Professor Shahram Khosravi (Editor), Shahram Khosravi (Editor), Professor Shahram Khosravi (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9783837670486
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7048-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 15 mm x 247 mm
• Weight: 443 g
• Illustrations: 96 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: Corporeal Matters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Fotografie, Verstehen, Image, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Photography, Gender, Medienwissenschaften, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Theory of art, Violence, Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft, The arts: general issues, Social interaction, Knowledge, Social Mobility, The arts, Race, Racism, History of Science, Gender studies, gender groups, X-ray, Technologies, Colonially, Culture and institutions, Social processes, International migration and colonization, Groups of people, Photography, computer art, cinematography, videography