Visualization corpse politics -- Horrifically graphic: the obscene corpse -- The visual politics of ISIS beheadings -- Dead terrorists and dead dictators -- Proof of death: evidence and atrocity -- Displaying the dead body: some conclusions. "Visualizing Corpse Politics Jessica…
"Visualizing Corpse Politics Jessica Auchter Several years ago, when the images of Syrian torture victims' dead bodies were released by a photographer who had worked for the Syrian security forces and defected, I printed them out on a communal office printer, since my individual…
Taboos have long been considered key examples of norms in global politics, with important strategic effects. Auchter focuses on how obscenity functions as a regulatory norm by focusing on dead body images. Obscenity matters precisely because it is applied inconsistently across m…
"Visualizing Corpse Politics Jessica Auchter Several years ago, when the images of Syrian torture victims' dead bodies were released by a photographer who had worked for the Syrian security forces and defected, I printed them out on a communal office printer, since my individual…
"Visualizing Corpse Politics Jessica Auchter Several years ago, when the images of Syrian torture victims' dead bodies were released by a photographer who had worked for the Syrian security forces and defected, I printed them out on a communal office printer, since my individual…
Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and torture porn feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilar…
