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UNINA9910785970703321 |
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Autore |
Mirzoeff Nicholas <1962, > |
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Titolo |
Watching Babylon : the war in Iraq and global visual culture / / Nicholas Mirzoeff |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-29095-0 |
1-283-71192-3 |
0-203-48282-4 |
1-134-29096-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Visual sociology |
Visual communication |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Mass media and the war |
Babylon (Extinct city) |
Babylon (N.Y.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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section 1. Babylon, Long Island -- section 2. The banality of images -- section 3. The empire of camps. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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