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The Cruel Radiance
Susie Linfield
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Description for The Cruel Radiance
Paperback. Challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead, the author argues that looking at such images is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
In "The Cruel Radiance", Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images - and learning to see the people in them - is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty. Grappling with critics from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht to Susan Sontag and the postmoderns - and analyzing photographs from such events as the Holocaust, China's Cultural Revolution, and recent terrorist acts ... Read more
In "The Cruel Radiance", Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images - and learning to see the people in them - is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty. Grappling with critics from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht to Susan Sontag and the postmoderns - and analyzing photographs from such events as the Holocaust, China's Cultural Revolution, and recent terrorist acts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226482514
SKU
V9780226482514
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99-50
About Susie Linfield
Susie Linfield has been an editor for American Film, the Village Voice, and the Washington Post and has written for a wide range of publications, including the Los Angeles Times Book Review, New York Times, Bookforum, Village Voice, and the Nation. She is associate professor of journalism at New York University, where she directs the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program. ... Read more
Reviews for The Cruel Radiance
"The Cruel Radiance is a beautifully considered and unabashedly impassioned plea for the continuing moral relevance of photojournalism." (Jed Perl, New Republic)"