Abu Ghraib, the security apparatus, and the performativity of power

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-211

  Caton, Steven C ^a   Zacka, Bernardo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abu Ghraib; Carnivalesque; Improvisational power; Photography; Security apparatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952711876     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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