Comfort, irony, and trivialization: The mediation of torture

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 423-440

  Sturken, Marita ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

image; kitsch; media; nation; proximity; torture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959536464     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877911403250     Document Type: Article

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