War culture and the contest of images / Dora Apel.

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Apel, Dora, 1952- [author.]

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TextSeries: New directions in international studiesPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages)Content type:

text

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0813553962
9780813553962

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: War culture and the contest of images.DDC classification:

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Contents:

Book Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Romance of War; Chapter 1. Technologies of War, Media, and Dissent in the Post-9/11 Work of Krzysztof Wodiczko; Chapter 2. Historical Reenactment: Romantic Amnesia or Counter-Memory?; Part II. The Body of War; Chapter 3. Abu Ghraib, Gender, and the Military; Chapter 4. The Body as Political Corpus; Part III. The Landscape of War; Chapter 5. Controlling the Frame: Photojournalism, Digital Technology, and "Modern Warfare."

Chapter 6. Israel/Palestine and the Political ImaginaryConclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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Summary: War Culture and the Contest of Images analyzes the relationships among contemporary war, documentary practices, and democratic ideals. Using carefully chosen case studies, Dora Apel examines a wide variety of images and cultural representations of war in the United States and the Middle East, including photography, performance art, video games, reenactment, and social media images. Simultaneously, she explores the merging of photojournalism and artistic practices, the effects of visual framing, and the construction of both sanctioned and counter-hegemonic narratives in a global contest of imag.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 6. Israel/Palestine and the Political ImaginaryConclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

War Culture and the Contest of Images analyzes the relationships among contemporary war, documentary practices, and democratic ideals. Using carefully chosen case studies, Dora Apel examines a wide variety of images and cultural representations of war in the United States and the Middle East, including photography, performance art, video games, reenactment, and social media images. Simultaneously, she explores the merging of photojournalism and artistic practices, the effects of visual framing, and the construction of both sanctioned and counter-hegemonic narratives in a global contest of imag.

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