Rebecca A. Adelman's book analyzes the visual culture surrounding America's Global War on Terror since the 9/11 attacks. The work examines images such as security footage, film portrayals, memorials, and airport security graphics, tracing their role in shaping citizenship and state formation. It proposes a new methodology for studying visual cultures of conflict, violence, and suffering.
Use Cases
- Textual analysis of visual culture discourse based on the described examination of images and institutions.
- Studying the relationship between citizenship and spectatorship based on the described patterns of visual practice.
- Developing methodologies for analyzing difficult-to-represent phenomena like violence and terror based on the proposed framework.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, well-defined historical and cultural period starting from the 9/11 attacks.
- Proposes a new methodological framework for studying visual cultures of conflict.
- Analyzes a diverse set of visual artifacts including security footage, films, memorials, and graphics.
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Provenance
- Source
- Rebecca A. Adelman
- Collection Method
- Academic analysis and proposed methodology, as described in the book.
- Time Range
- Period since the 9/11 attacks.
- Freshness
- Last updated: unknown
- Geography
- United States, with global implications of the War on Terror.