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Invisible Empire: Visual Culture, Embodied Spectacle, and Abu Ghraib.

Investigates the implications and visual-cultural effects of the recent revelations of U.S. treatment of Iraqi prisoners of war. Release of photographs taken in the Iraqi prison of Abu Ghraib which became public in April 2004; Lack of media attention on the issue during the subsequent U.S. presiden...

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Publicado en:Radical History Review no. 95; pp. 21 - 45
Autor principal: Mirzoeff, Nicholas
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Duke University Press Spring2006
Materias:
Prisoner abuse
Prisoners of war
Photographs
Prisons
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Military journalism
Iraq
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Sumario:Investigates the implications and visual-cultural effects of the recent revelations of U.S. treatment of Iraqi prisoners of war. Release of photographs taken in the Iraqi prison of Abu Ghraib which became public in April 2004; Lack of media attention on the issue during the subsequent U.S. presidential election campaign; Overview of allegations that prisoners were forced to enact same-sex erotic tableaux.