Description
Book SynopsisExplores the image and idea of facial disfigurement in one of its most troubling modern formations, as a symbol and consequence of war. Suzannah Biernoff draws on a wide variety of sources mainly from WWI but also contemporary photography and computer games. Each chapter revolves around particular images.
Trade ReviewA powerful and engaging study of the politics of representation of facial disfigurement in medical and mass culture,
Portraits of Violence is a substantial addition to the study of visual culture and disability."" - Sander Gilman, Emory University
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Portraits of Violence thus breaks new scholarly ground and also points out many directions that future research in a number of fields, including disability studies, visual culture and art history, medical humanities and the history of medicine, and the history of World War I."" - Carol Poore, Brown University
