Abu Ghraib Effect

Informationen zum Autor Stephen F. Eisenman is Professor of Art History at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. His books include The Temptation of Saint Redon (1992), Gauguin's Skirt (1997), Nineteenth-Century Art, A Critical History , now in its third edition and The Abu Ghraib Effect (Reaktion Books, 2007). He lives in Highland Park, Illinois. Klappentext Offers a subtle, yet uncompromising analysis of the iconic photographs of torture from the prison at Abu Ghraib. Zusammenfassung A subtle, yet uncompromising analysis of the iconic photographs of torture from the prison at Abu Ghraib. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 7 1 Resemblance 11 2 Freudian Slip 18 3 Documents of Barbarism 42 4 Pathos Formula 60 5 Stages of Cruelty 73 6 Muscle and Bone 92 7 Theatre of Cruelty 101 8 Orientalism 108 Afterword: What is Western Art? 111 References 123 Acknowledgements 139 Photographic Acknowledgements 141

Product details

• Authors: Stephen F. Eisenman, Eisenman Stephen F.
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2010
• EAN: 9781861896469
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-646-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Propaganda, Photography & photographs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Theory of art, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, ART / Criticism & Theory, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Human rights, civil rights, Political control and freedoms, Violence and abuse in society, Photography and photographs