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Regarding the pain of others / / Susan Sontag.   Author:  Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 Title:  Regarding the pain of others / / Susan Sontag. Edition:  1st ed. Publisher:  New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Description:  131 p. ; 22 cm. Related Elec. Res.:  Publisher description  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002192527.html Summary:  Watching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity--a daily commonplace in our "society of spectacle." But are viewers inured--or incited--to violence by the daily depiction of cruelty and horror? Is the viewer's perception of reality eroded by the universal availability of imagery intended to shock? In this investigation of the role of imagery in our culture, Susan Sontag cuts through circular arguments about how pictures can inspire dissent or foster violence as she takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity--from Goya's The Disasters of War to photographs of the American Civil War, lynchings of blacks in the South, and Dachau and Auschwitz to contemporary horrific images of Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and New York City on September 11, 2001. Sontag's new book, a startling reappraisal of the intersection of "information", "news," "art," and politics in the contemporary depiction of war and disaster, will forever alter our thinking about the uses and meanings of images in our world. Subject:  War and society War photography -- Social aspects. War in art -- Social aspects. Photojournalism -- Social aspects. Atrocities Violence Catalog Source No.:  (OCoLC)ocm51446024 ISBN:  0374248583 (alk. paper) Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Barcode Status Due Date   HM554 .S65 2003X American Art Portrait Gallery 39088010374700 Checked out 03/31/2025 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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