Global Corpse Politics: The Obscenity Taboo

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What makes a photograph of a dead body obscene? Auchter's genealogy of obscenity argues that this process is highly political.

Author(s): Jessica Auchter
Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2021

Language: English
Pages: 209
City: Cambridge

Cover
Half-title page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Visualizing Corpse Politics
2 HORRIFICALLY GRAPHIC: The Obscene Corpse
3 The Visual Politics of ISIS Beheadings
4 Dead Terrorists and Dead Dictators
5 Proof of Death: Evidence and Atrocity
6 Displaying the Dead Body: Some Conclusions
References
Index