1st Edition
Photography and September 11th Spectacle, Memory, Trauma
By Jennifer Good
Copyright 2015
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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It is all but impossible to think of September 11th 2001 and not, at the same time, recall an image. The overwhelmingly visual coverage in the world's media pictured a spectacle of terror, from images of the collapsing towers, to injured victims and fatigued firefighters. In the days, weeks and months that followed, this vast collection of photographs continued to circulate relentlessly. This book... Read more
AcknowledgementsList of illustrationsPreface: I was thereIntroduction1. Spectacle and Collective Memory2. Forever Seared: The Trauma of Photographic Seeing 3. Buildings Made Flesh: Notions of the Uncanny and the Real4. Reclaiming the Imagery that Haunted Us: Recovery, Community and Remembrance5. The Compulsion to Repeat: Photography as a Dead EndConclusion: Beyond WordsNotesReferencesIndex
Biography
Jennifer Good is Senior Lecturer in History and Theory of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London, UK.
