War Culture and the Contest of Images

by Dora Apel

War Culture and the Contest of Images analyzes the relationships among contemporary war, documentary practices, and democratic ideals. Dora Apel examines a wide variety of images and cultural representations of war in the United States and the Middle East, including photography, performance art, video games, reenactment, and social media images. Simultaneously, she explores the merging of photojournalism and artistic practices, the effects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813553946
• ISBN13: 9780813553948
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher