Cornici di tortura Lo scandalo di Abu Ghraib come rituale mediatizzato tra fotogiornalismo e arte contemporanea

Cornici di tortura Lo scandalo di Abu Ghraib come rituale mediatizzato tra fotogiornalismo e arte contemporanea

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Component Speakers This paper deals with the scandal of Abu Ghraib.The diffusion of the torture photographs is analyzed as a peculiar form of mediatized ritual, which has cristallized them in the public memory and performatively activated a number of practices of creative re-contextualization and symbolic re-articulation.In particular, the paper problematizes a wide range of forms of artistic representations of the torture photographs, according to three main TOTAL E analytical dimensions: inter-iconic translation, authorial intentions, degree of institutionalization.