Death's showcase : the power of image in contemporary democracy / Ariella Azoulay ; translated by Ru...
Death's showcase : the power of image in contemporary democracy / Ariella Azoulay ; translated by Ru...
Death's showcase : the power of image in contemporary democracy / Ariella Azoulay ; translated by Ruvik Danieli.
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2001.
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N306.90904/ 1
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Language
English
Hebrew
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction: On the Work of Death in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction -- Ch. 2. [Death's] Display Showcase: Walter Benjamin -- Ch. 3. The [Aesthetic] Distance: Benjamin and Heidegger -- Ch. 4. The [Spectator's] Place: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun -- Ch. 5. The [Blind] Gesture: Hiroshima -- C...
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Publisher
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"This is a book about the public display of death in contemporary culture. It consists of a series of essays on specific cases in which death is displayed in museums and in photography. The essays focus mainly on representations of violence and death in events in recent Israeli history, including the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestini...
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Death's showcase : the power of image in contemporary democracy / Ariella Azoulay ; translated by Ruvik Danieli.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-294) and index.
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Collection of works previously published chiefly in Hebrew. With new works and introduction.
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c2001.
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N306.90904/ 1
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74VvewlDLQed
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ISBN
0262011824 (alk. paper)
9780262011822 (alk. paper)
DDC
306.90904
MMS ID
991016943779702626
