Engle, Karen, 1974-

Seeing ghosts : 9/11 and the visual imagination / Karen Engle.

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009.

viii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"On 11 September 2001 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. Artist Damien Hirst has suggested that the attacks were designed to be viewed - 'The thing about 9/11 is that it's kind of an artwork in its own right. It was wicked, but it was devised in this way for this kind of impact. It was devised visually.' Starting from the fascination with images of 9/11, Karen Engle asks what, in the context of a national trauma, makes an image appropriate or scandalous, exploring how diverse visual media have been mobilized in political projects of identification and personal narratives of empathy. Focusing on themes of memory, mourning, and history, Engle 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. 'Seeing Ghosts: 9/11 and the visual imagination' is a groundbreaking theoretical study of how we remember, how we mourn, and how images of a particular event influence our imagination of the future."--P.[4] of cover.

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World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Pictorial works.
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Documentary photography Social aspects.
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Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Terrorisme Ouvrages illustrés New York (État) New York Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie documentaire Aspect politique.
Photographie documentaire Aspect social.
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Terrorism
Elfter September
Fotografie
Medien
Dokumentarfotografie
New York (State) New York

Pictorial works

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 275236
Cote: BIB 209298
Notes: pbk.
Statut: Disponible