Death, lamentation and the photographic representation of the Other during the Second Iraq War in Greek newspapers

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-166

  Konstantinidou, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Death; Greek press; Media; Photography; Representation; Second Iraq War; Suffering; Visual culture; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249312667     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877907076775     Document Type: Article

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