BURNING IMAGES

Effigy hanging and burning, a specific theatrical form of political protest, has become increasingly visible in the news media, part icularly in protests against United States military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, in US domestic politics, and in the Arab Spr ing. Taking these events as points of departure, Florian Göttke investigates the conditions of this visual genre of protest, its roo ts and genealogies in a number of countries, its aesthetics, and politics. The book delves deeply into the different practices, icon ologies,...[Llegir més]