Martyr bodies in the media: Human rights, aesthetics, and the politics of immediation in the Palestinian intifada

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-180

  Allen, Lori A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Affect; Human rights; Intifada; Media; Palestine

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349087364     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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