Seeing Ghosts - 9/11 and the Visual Imagination

Informationen zum Autor Karen Engle is assistant professor, sociology and visual culture, University of Windsor. Klappentext On September 11 more people clicked "on documentary news photographs than on pornography for the first (and only) time in the history of the Internet," reports writer David Levi Strauss. The archive of images associated with the tragic events of 9/11 meri Zusammenfassung Examines sculptural! photographic! and new media responses to the 9/11 attacks in both contemporary and historical contexts! considers the public's reaction to these visual productions! and suggests that earlier presentations of America at war play a pivotal role in the representations of 9/11 in both official and popular media.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karen Engle
• Editore: Mcgill queen's university pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.07.2009
• EAN: 9780773535411
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-3541-1
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie