Imaging the Scenes of War

Christof Decker

ISBN 10: 3837662020 / ISBN 13: 9783837662023

Published by Transcript Verlag, DE, 2022

About this Item

In American visual culture, the 1930s and 1940s were a key transitional period shaped by the era of modernism and the global confrontation of World War II. Christof Decker demonstrates that the war and its iconography of destruction challenged visual artists to find new ways of representing its consequences. Dealing with trauma and war crimes led to the emergence of complex aesthetic forms and media crossovers. Decker shows that the 1940s were a pivotal period for the creation of horrific yet also innovative representations that boosted American visual modernism and set the stage for debates about the ethics of visual culture in the post-9/11 era.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imaging the Scenes of War
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837662020
• ISBN 13: 9783837662023
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 227 grams

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Synopsis

In American visual culture, the 1930s and 1940s were a key transitional period shaped by the era of modernism and the global confrontation of World War II. Christof Decker demonstrates that the war and its iconography of destruction challenged visual artists to find new ways of representing its consequences. Dealing with trauma and war crimes led to the emergence of complex aesthetic forms and media crossovers. Decker shows that the 1940s were a pivotal period for the creation of horrific yet also innovative representations that boosted American visual modernism and set the stage for debates about the ethics of visual culture in the post-9/11 era.

About the Author

Christof Decker (Prof. Dr.) lehrt Amerikanistik an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Film- und Medienwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft und Kulturtheorie.