LEADER 03946nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910828831603321 005 20230207231031.0 010 $a0-7735-7821-8 010 $a1-282-86581-1 010 $a9786612865817 010 $a0-7735-7526-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773575264 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007441 035 $a(OCoLC)629720406 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10358158 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432223 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11317622 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432223 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10477757 035 $a(PQKB)11239530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)431338 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00223613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3266292 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331953 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331953 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10359574 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286581 035 $a(OCoLC)923233640 035 $a(DE-B1597)655571 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773575264 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007441 100 $a20090115d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSeeing ghosts$b[electronic resource] $e9/11 and the visual imagination /$fKaren Engle 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (192 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-3540-3 311 $a0-7735-3541-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. The Perfect Image of the Lost -- 1. Tumbling Woman -- 2. Falling Man -- 3. Postcard Memories -- 4. The Face of a Terrorist -- 5. Mourning at Work, or Making Sense of 9/11. 330 $aOn September 11 more people clicked "on documentary news photographs than on pornography for the first (and only) time in the history of the Internet," reports writer David Levi Strauss. The archive of images associated with the tragic events of 9/11 merits careful analysis. Artist Damien Hirst has suggested that the attacks were designed to be viewed - "The thing about 9/11 is that it's kind of an artwork in its own right. It was wicked, but it was devised in this way for this kind of impact. It was devised visually." Starting from the tremendous fascination with images of 9/11, Karen Engle asks what, in the context of a national trauma, makes an image appropriate or scandalous, exploring how diverse visual media have been mobilized in political projects of identification and personal narratives of empathy. Focusing on themes of memory, mourning, and history, Engle examines sculptural, photographic, and new media responses to the 9/11 attacks in both contemporary and historical contexts, considers the public's reaction to these visual productions, and suggests that earlier presentations of America at war play a pivotal role in the representations of 9/11 in both official and popular media. Seeing Ghosts is a groundbreaking theoretical study of how we remember, how we mourn, and how images of a particular event influence our imagination of the future. 606 $aDocumentary photography$xPolitical aspects 606 $aDocumentary photography$xSocial aspects 606 $aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001$vPictorial works 606 $aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 606 $aTerrorism$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vPictorial works 615 0$aDocumentary photography$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aDocumentary photography$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 615 0$aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. 615 0$aTerrorism 676 $a974.7/1044 700 $aEngle$b Karen$f1974-$01637964 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828831603321 996 $aSeeing ghosts$93980079 997 $aUNINA