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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462169303321

Autore

Mirzoeff Nicholas <1962, >

Titolo

Watching Babylon : the war in Iraq and global visual culture / / Nicholas Mirzoeff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-29095-0

1-283-71192-3

0-203-48282-4

1-134-29096-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Visual sociology

Visual communication

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Mass media and the war

Electronic books.

Babylon (Extinct city)

Babylon (N.Y.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Babylon, Long Island -- section 2. The banality of images -- section 3. The empire of camps.

Sommario/riassunto

Groundbreaking and compelling, Watching Babylon examines the experience of watching the war against Iraq on television, on the internet, in the cinema and in print media.Mirzoeff shows how the endless stream of images flowing from the Gulf has necessitated a new form of visual thinking, one which recognises that the war has turned images themselves into weapons. Drawing connections between the history and legend of ancient Babylon, the metaphorical Babylon of Western modernity, and everyday life in the modern suburb of Babylon, New York, Mirzoeff explores ancient concerns wh