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040216r20042003nyu g 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780312422196 (alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0312422199 (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
AE-ShKH |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HM554 |
| Item number |
.S66 2003 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sontag, Susan, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1933-2004. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9222 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Regarding the pain of others / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Susan Sontag. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st Picador ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Picador, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
131 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"First published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux"-- T.p. verso. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
War and society. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9223 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
War photography |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9224 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
War in art |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9225 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Photojournalism |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9226 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Atrocities. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9227 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Violence. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9228 |
