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008			130816s2003 nyu 000 0 eng c
010			_a 2002192527
020			_a0374248583 (alk. paper)
050	0	0	_aHM554 _b.S65 2003
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100	1		_aSontag, Susan, _943201 _2LEMB
245	1	0	_aRegarding the pain of others _cSusan Sontag.
260			_aNew York _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux _c2003.
300			_a131 p. _c22 cm.
520			_aWatching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity--a daily commonplace in our "society of spectacle." But are viewers inured--or incited--to violence by the daily depiction of cruelty and horror? Is the viewer's perception of reality eroded by the universal availability of imagery intended to shock? In this investigation of the role of imagery in our culture, Susan Sontag cuts through circular arguments about how pictures can inspire dissent or foster violence as she takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity--from Goya's The Disasters of War to photographs of the American Civil War, lynchings of blacks in the South, and Dachau and Auschwitz to contemporary horrific images of Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and New York City on September 11, 2001. Sontag's new book, a startling reappraisal of the intersection of "information", "news," "art," and politics in the contemporary depiction of war and disaster, will forever alter our thinking about the uses and meanings of images in our world.
650		0	_aWar and society _9187132 _2Local
650		0	_9185963 _aViolence _2Local
650		0	_aAtrocities _955814 _2Local
650		0	_aPhotojournalism _xSocial aspects. _9150766 _2Local
650		0	_aWar in art _xSocial aspects. _9187143 _2Local
650		0	_aWar photography _xSocial aspects. _9289398 _2Local
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