Portraits of Violence: War and the Aesthetics of Disfigurement

by Suzannah Biernoff

Portraits of Violence 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 Marine Wedding, 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472130293
• ISBN13: 9780472130290
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"