A Victim's Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles: Desire Objects and Human Rights

by Lea David

Everyday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims' garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves, and prisons have become staples of memorial museums, exhibited to the public as material testimony in order to evoke sympathy and promote human rights. How do these objects take on such power, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231217730
• ISBN13: 9780231217736
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages