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Terrorist Transgressions: Gender and the Visual Culture of the Terrorist
Sue Malvern
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Hardback. Terrorism has a variety of contexts, histories and forms which have all been the focus of intense scrutiny in recent years, whilst cultural representations of the terrorist have received much less attention, which is odd when we consider that terrorism by its very nature is spectacle. Series: International Library of Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 integrated bw. BIC Classification: JFD; JKV; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 434.
Terrorism has a variety of contexts, histories and forms which have all been the focus of intense scrutiny in recent years, whilst cultural representations of the terrorist have received much less attention, which is odd when we consider that terrorism by its very nature is spectacle. Dissident organisations create images of terrorists as martyrs, heroes or avengers and international counter terrorist agencies visualise them to provide the threat with a recognisable persona. Osama bin Laden for example was variously portrayed as effeminate and sexually depraved and pictures of his dead body were banned from publication by the United States government. ... Read more
Terrorism has a variety of contexts, histories and forms which have all been the focus of intense scrutiny in recent years, whilst cultural representations of the terrorist have received much less attention, which is odd when we consider that terrorism by its very nature is spectacle. Dissident organisations create images of terrorists as martyrs, heroes or avengers and international counter terrorist agencies visualise them to provide the threat with a recognisable persona. Osama bin Laden for example was variously portrayed as effeminate and sexually depraved and pictures of his dead body were banned from publication by the United States government. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
International Library of Cultural Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780767017
SKU
V9781780767017
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About Sue Malvern
Sue Malvern is Senior Lecturer in History of Art, University of Reading. Gabriel Koureas is Lecturer in Visual and Material culture at Birkbeck, University of London.
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