ISBN:
9781134290963
,
1134290969
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (214 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mirzoeff, Nicholas Watching Babylon : The War in Iraq and Global Visual Culture
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Mass media and the war
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Visual communication
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Visual sociology
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 Mass media and the war
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Babylon (Extinct city)
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Babylon (Long Island, N.Y.)
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Iraq War, 2003 Mass media and the war
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Visual communication
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Visual sociology
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Kriegsberichterstattung
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PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
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Mass media and war
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Irakkrieg
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Fernsehwirkung
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Babylon (N.Y.) Iraq
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Iraq
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Babylon (Extinct city)
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New York (State)
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Babylon
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Babylon (Extinct city)
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Babylon (N.Y.)
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New York (State) ; Babylon
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Iraq
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Iraq ; Babylon (Extinct city)
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Groundbreaking and compelling, Watching Babylon examines the experience of watching the war against Iraq on television, on the internet, in the cinema and in print media. Mirzoeff shows how the endless stream of images flowing from the Gulf has necessitated a new form of visual thinking, one which recognises that the war has turned images themselves into weapons. Drawing connections between the history and legend of ancient Babylon, the metaphorical Babylon of Western modernity, and everyday life in the modern suburb of Babylon, New York, Mirzoeff explores ancient concerns which have found new
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