The terrorist image : decoding the Islamic State's photo-propaganda / Charlie Winter.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197683521Subject(s): IS (Organization)
| Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Propaganda | Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Photography | War photography -- Syria -- History -- 21st century | War photography -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Syria | Terrorism and mass media -- Syria | History | Asian historyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197659663DDC classification: 956.9104238 LOC classification: DS98.6Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: The summer of 2014 - when the Islamic State seized Mosul, Iraq's second city; captured vast swathes of eastern Syria; and declared itself a latter-day Caliphate - marked a turning point in the history of photography, one that pushed its already contested relationship with reality to its very limits. Uniquely obsessed with narrative, image management and branding, the Islamic State used cameras as weapons in its formative years as a Caliphate. Based on a deep examination of images collected from the Islamic State's covert networks, this book explores the process by which the Caliphate shook the foundations of modern war photography.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The summer of 2014 - when the Islamic State seized Mosul, Iraq's second city; captured vast swathes of eastern Syria; and declared itself a latter-day Caliphate - marked a turning point in the history of photography, one that pushed its already contested relationship with reality to its very limits. Uniquely obsessed with narrative, image management and branding, the Islamic State used cameras as weapons in its formative years as a Caliphate. Based on a deep examination of images collected from the Islamic State's covert networks, this book explores the process by which the Caliphate shook the foundations of modern war photography.
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