Picturing Afghanistan : the photography of foreign conflict /
Verschueren, Paul,
Picturing Afghanistan : the photography of foreign conflict / Paul Verschueren. - xiii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The Hampton Press communication series. Communication, globalization and cultural identity . - Hampton Press communication series. Communication, globalization and cultural identity. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-183) and index.
1. Photographs and frames; Photography and theory; The concept of the frame; Using social semiotics for frame analysis; The photojournalistic register and genre; Visual and textual frames; Two examples -- 2. Official U.S. views; Photography and propaganda; A soldier's story; Paper bullets; The white man's burden; Photo-texts in/about war -- 3. Western European press views; Photography and the news; Initial responses across the Atlantic; The framing of combatants and technologies; Visualizing leadership in wartime; Home fronts in a globalized world; Refugees: threatened and dangerous; The civilian body as battleground; Photography and info-graphics; Invisible Afghanistan -- 4. The photo-book; Photography and the documentary tradition; War as quest; Dystopian landscapes; The photo studio as heterotopia; The otherness of war -- Conclusion.
1612890385 9781612890388 1612890393 9781612890395
2011050234
Afghan War, 2001---Photography
Afghan War, 2001---Pictorial works
Afghan War, 2001---Press coverage
Afghan War, 2001---Political aspects
Psychological warfare--Afghanistan
Propaganda--Western countries
Public relations and politics--Western countries
Journalism--Political aspects--Western countries
Photobooks--Political aspects--Western countries
Mass media and war--Western countries
DS371.4135 / .V47 2012
070.4499581047
Picturing Afghanistan : the photography of foreign conflict / Paul Verschueren. - xiii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The Hampton Press communication series. Communication, globalization and cultural identity . - Hampton Press communication series. Communication, globalization and cultural identity. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-183) and index.
1. Photographs and frames; Photography and theory; The concept of the frame; Using social semiotics for frame analysis; The photojournalistic register and genre; Visual and textual frames; Two examples -- 2. Official U.S. views; Photography and propaganda; A soldier's story; Paper bullets; The white man's burden; Photo-texts in/about war -- 3. Western European press views; Photography and the news; Initial responses across the Atlantic; The framing of combatants and technologies; Visualizing leadership in wartime; Home fronts in a globalized world; Refugees: threatened and dangerous; The civilian body as battleground; Photography and info-graphics; Invisible Afghanistan -- 4. The photo-book; Photography and the documentary tradition; War as quest; Dystopian landscapes; The photo studio as heterotopia; The otherness of war -- Conclusion.
1612890385 9781612890388 1612890393 9781612890395
2011050234
Afghan War, 2001---Photography
Afghan War, 2001---Pictorial works
Afghan War, 2001---Press coverage
Afghan War, 2001---Political aspects
Psychological warfare--Afghanistan
Propaganda--Western countries
Public relations and politics--Western countries
Journalism--Political aspects--Western countries
Photobooks--Political aspects--Western countries
Mass media and war--Western countries
DS371.4135 / .V47 2012
070.4499581047