Icons of War and Terror: Media Images in an Age of International Risk by John Tu

Description: Icons of War and Terror by John Tulloch, R. Warwick Blood Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This book explores the ideas of key thinkers and media practitioners who have examined images and icons of war and terror. Publisher Description This book explores the ideas of key thinkers and media practitioners who have examined images and icons of war and terror. It is time to re-think some of the strongest critical engagements with media and visual representation over the past 40 years -- not as pieties, but as challenging uncertainties, engaged with critical discourse and conventional image-making, both when they were written and now. The authors draw on these to re-investigate the media/global context of some of the most iconic images of war and terror in the international risk society.Among these photojournalistic images are: Nick Uts Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of a naked girl, Kim Phuc, running burned from a napalm attack in Vietnam in June 1972; The smart bomb imagery from the Gulf War; and the terrible images of the effects of smart bombs at Amiriyah shelter; a quintessential ethnic cleansing image of massacred Kosovar Albanian villagers at Racak on January 15, 1999, which finally propelled a hesitant Western alliance into the first of the new humanitarian wars; Luis Simcos photograph of marine James Blake Miller, the Marlboro Man, at Fallujah, Iraq, 2004; the Shock n Awe images of the invasion which preceded it; that other iconic toppling, of the World Trade Centre towers in New York by planes on September 11, 2001; and the Falling Man icon -- one of the most controversial images of 9/11, which was seen around the world and then, just as suddenly, disappeared from media view; the images from Abu Ghraib that shocked the world in May 2004, of state violence to, and humiliation of, naked, hooded prisoners. the image of one of the authors of this book, as close-up victim of the 7/7 terrorist attack on London, which the media quickly labelled iconic; All of these iconic images are examined by way of theories of the visual which were current at the time they were photographed.Bringing together a wide range of social, political, literary, economic, cultural geography and art/cartoon contexts, this book will be of great interest to students of media and war, communications studies, security studies, terrorism studies and politics and IR in general. Author Biography John Tulloch is the author of 18 books in media and television studies, film history and theory, literary and theatre studies, and the sociology of risk. His books include the widely cited Risk and Everyday Life (with Deborah Lupton, Routledge, 2003) and monographs on Doctor Who (1984), A Country Practice (1986), Television Drama (1990), Science Fiction Audiences: Watching Doctor Who and Star Trek (1995, with Henry Jenkins), Television, Risk and Aids (1997, with Deborah Lupton), and Trevor Griffiths (2007). R. Warwick Blood is Professor of Communication, News Research Group, Faculty of Communication and International Studies, University of Canberra, Australia. Previously, he was a reporter and producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He has published on risk, news reporting and portrayal of suicide and mental illness, and illicit drug use. Details ISBN 0415698049 ISBN-13 9780415698047 Title Icons of War and Terror Author John Tulloch, R. Warwick Blood Format Hardcover Year 2012 Pages 232 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:161109871; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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