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The cruel radiance : photography and political violence

Title
The cruel radiance : photography and political violence / Susie Linfield.
Author
Linfield, Susie.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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Description
xviii, 321 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Documentary photography
  • Political violence in mass media
  • Violence > Press coverage
  • Photographic criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface: The Black book -- Polemics. A little history of photography criticism; or, Why do photography critics hate photography? -- Photojournalism and human rights: the calamity of the Kodak -- Places. Warsaw, Loda, Auschwitz: in the waiting room of death -- China: from Malraux's dignity to the Red Guards' shame -- Sierra Leone: beyond the sorrow and the pity -- Abu Ghraib and the jihad: the dance of civilizations -- People. Robert Capa: the optimist -- James Nachtwey: the catastrophist -- Gilles Peress: the skeptic.
Call Number
JQZ 12-696
ISBN
  • 9780226482507 (alk. paper)
  • 0226482502 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2010013705
OCLC
587198954
Author
Linfield, Susie.
Title
The cruel radiance : photography and political violence / Susie Linfield.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JQZ 12-696
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