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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780415530378 (hbk) |
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9780203095331 (ebk) |
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| Transcribing agency |
AE-ShKH |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
N8234.P24 |
| Item number |
R47 2013 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Representations of pain in art and visual culture / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
edited by Maria Pia Di Bella and James Elkins. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 216 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Routledge advances in art and visual studies ; |
| Volume/sequential designation |
4 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"The presentation of bodies in pain has been a major concern in Western art since the time of the Greeks. The Christian tradition is closely entwined with such themes, from the central images of the Passion to the representations of bloody martyrdoms. The remnants of this tradition are evident in contemporary images from Abu Ghraib. In the last forty years, the body in pain has also emerged as a recurring theme in performance art. Recently, authors such as Elaine Scarry, Susan Sontag, and Giorgio Agamben have written about these themes. The scholars in this volume add to the discussion, analyzing representations of pain in art and the media. Their essays are firmly anchored on consideration of the images, not on whatever actual pain the subjects suffered. At issue is representation, before and often apart from events in the world. Part One concerns practices in which the appearance of pain is understood as expressive. Topics discussed include the strange dynamics of faked pain and real pain, contemporary performance art, international photojournalism, surrealism, and Renaissance and Baroque art. Part Two concerns representations that cannot be readily assigned to that genealogy: the Chinese form of execution known as lingchi (popularly the "death of a thousand cuts"), whippings in the Belgian Congo, American lynching photographs, Boer War concentration camp photographs, and recent American capital punishment. These examples do not comprise a single alternate genealogy, but are united by the absence of an intention to represent pain. The book concludes with a roundtable discussion, where the authors discuss the ethical implications of viewing such images"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Pain in art. |
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9713 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Di Bella, Maria Pia. |
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630 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Elkins, James, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955- |
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160 |
