Terror and the arts : artistic, literary, and political interpretations of violence from Dostoyevksy to Abu Ghraib / edited by Matti Hyvärinen and Lisa Muszynski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hyvärinen, Matti.

Muszynski, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terror in art.

Arts, Modern.

Physical Description:

xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Contents:

Part 1 Visualizing Terror

The Implicated Spectator: From Manet to Botero / Frank Möller Möller, Frank

Art in the Age of Terror: The Israeli Case / Dana Arieli-Horowitz Arieli-Horowitz, Dana

The Aura of Terror? / Kia Lindroos Lindroos, Kia

Part 2 Fictionalizing Terror

Dostoyevsky on Terror and the Question of the West / Margaret Heller Heller, Margaret

To this Side of Good and Evil: Primo Levi as a Truth-Teller / Tuija Parvikko Parvikko, Tuija

Narrating Trauma? Perec's W ou le souvenir d'enfance / Kuisma Korhonen Korhonen, Kuisma

Too much Terror? J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello and the Circulation of Trauma / Matti Hyvärinen Hyvärinen, Matti

Part 3 Governmental Terror

Dictators and Dictatorships: Art and Politics in Romania and Chile (1974-1989) / Caterina Preda Preda, Caterina

Inciting Mental Terror as Effective Governmental Control: Chinese Propaganda Posters During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) / Minna Valjakka Valjakka, Minna

The Sweet Hereafter of Machiavelli and Weber: Discussing Community and Responsibility as Political-ethical Criteria / Javier Franzé Franzé, Javier

Part 4 The Terror of theory

The Violence of Lying / Olivia Guaraldo Guaraldo, Olivia

Terrorized by Sound? Foucault on Terror, Resistance, and Sonorous Art / Lauri Siisiäinen Siisiäinen, Lauri.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0230606717

9780230606715

OCLC:

181601078