Affective Imageries - Visual Politics of Wounded Bodies in Timor-Leste

Affective Imageries examines the political use of images depicting wounded bodies in conflict and post-conflict contexts. It explores how poetry, photography, and art construct affective images. The book analyses the creation and mobilisation of these images, shaping perception and international response, particularly in Timor-Leste.

List of contents

Introduction. Affective Imageries of Timor-Leste
Chapter 1. The Affective Power of the Image
Chapter 2. Visual Politics of Wounded Bodies
Chapter 3. Visualising Atrocities through Poetry: Resistance in East Timor
Chapter 4. Photographs of Horror: Mobilising Solidarity for Timor-Leste
Conclusion. A New Framework for Visual Politics

About the author

Marcelle Trote Martins

Product details

• Authors: Marcelle Trote Martins, Marcelle Trote Trote Martins Martins, Marcelle Trote Martins
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.09.2024
• EAN: 9781666942446
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-244-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, East Timor / Timor-Leste