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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457828003321

Titolo

Torture [[electronic resource] ] : power, democracy, and the human body / / edited by Shampa Biswas, Zahi Zalloua

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, Wash., : University of Washington Press, 2011

ISBN

0-295-80181-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Global re-visions

Altri autori (Persone)

BiswasShampa

ZallouaZahi Anbra <1971->

Disciplina

364.6/7

Soggetti

Torture - Moral and ethical aspects

Human body - Moral and ethical aspects

Psychiatric ethics

Mind and body

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Torture, democracy, and the human body / Shampa Biswas and Zahi Zalloua -- Torture and democracy : what now? / Darius Rejali -- Now that we've tortured : image, guilt, consequence / Mark Danner -- We are all torturers now : accountability after Abu Ghraib / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn -- Dying Is not permitted : sovereignty, biopower, and force-feeding at Guantánamo Bay / Lauren Wilcox -- The torture device : debate and archetype / Stephanie Athey -- Specters of the Muselmann : Guantánamo Bay Penalogial Theme Park and the torture of Omar Khadr / Joseph Pugliese -- This fragile body : Susan Crile's Abu Ghraib : abuse of power / Julia A. Ireland -- Sri Lanka : landscapes of massacre / Suvendrini Perera.