{"product_id":"portraits-of-violence-suzannah-biernoff-9780472130290","title":"Portraits of Violence: War and the Aesthetics of Disfigurement","description":"\u003ci\u003ePortraits of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e explores the image and idea of facial disfigurement in one of its most troubling modern formations, as a symbol and consequence of war. It opens with Nina Berman's iconic photograph \u003ci\u003eMarine Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, which provoked a debate about the medical, military, and psychological response to serious combat injuries. While these issues remain urgent, it is equally crucial to interrogate the representation of war and injury. The concepts of valor, heroism, patriotism, and courage assume visible form and do their cultural work when they are personified and embodied. The mutilated or disabled veteran's body can connote the brutalizing, dehumanizing potential of modern combat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Suzannah Biernoff draws on a wide variety of sources mainly from WWI but also contemporary photography and computer games. Each chapter revolves around particular images: \u003ci\u003eMarine Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e is discussed alongside Stuart Griffiths' portraits of British veterans; Henry Tonks' drawings of WWI facial casualties are compared to the medical photographs in the Gillies Archives; the production of portrait masks for the severely disfigured is approached through the lens of documentary film and photography; and finally the haunting image of one of Tonks's patients reappears in BioShock, a highly successful computer game. The book simultaneously addresses a neglected area in disability studies; puts disfigurement on the agenda for art history and visual studies; and makes a timely and provocative contribution to the literature on the First World War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzannah Biernoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472130293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472130290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Suzannah Biernoff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064992739583,"sku":"9780472130290","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53a18352-4639-42a8-9a90-966d9d756962.jpg?v=1768672420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portraits-of-violence-suzannah-biernoff-9780472130290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}