Marta Zarzycka

Gendered Tropes in War Photography

Mothers, Mourners, Soldiers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an analysis of the content of images of non-Western women functioning as symbols of the misery and hopelessness of the oppressed in war, as well as of these images' circulation and recognition, this book enhances understanding of both the structure and transmission of contemporary encounters with war, violence, and conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780367350840
• ISBN-10: 036735084X
• Artikelnr.: 57005464

Autorenporträt

Marta Zarzycka is Assistant Professor in the Gender Studies Department at the Institute of Media and Culture, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Mourning Bodies: Photographs of Grief
2. On Anger, Love, and Shame: Affective Politics of Protest Photographs
3. Affective Transactions and Faces of Horror: Portraits of Children
4."The Uniqueness of its Figure": Photographs of Corpses in War Reporting
5. Stillness en Route: Photographs of Refugees
6. Postcards from the War Zone: Representing Women Soldiers
Conclusion