Watching Babylon: The War in Iraq and Global Visual Culture

by Nicholas Mirzoeff

Book Overview

Groundbreaking and compelling, Watching Babylon examines the experience of watching the war against Iraq on television, on the internet, in the cinema and in print media.

Mirzoeff shows how the endless stream of images flowing from the Gulf has necessitated a new form of visual thinking, one which recognises that the war has turned images themselves into weapons. Drawing connections between the history and legend of ancient Babylon, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415343097
• ISBN13: 9780415343091
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.7"