Screen LibraryThe history of genocide in cinema : atrocities on screen /
The organization 'Genocide Watch' estimates that 100 million civilians around the globe have lost their lives as a result of genocide in only the past sixty years. Over the same period, the visual arts in the form of documentary footage has aided international efforts to document genocide...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
I.B. Tauris,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
International library of twentieth century history ;
92 |
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| Summary: |
The organization 'Genocide Watch' estimates that 100 million civilians around the globe have lost their lives as a result of genocide in only the past sixty years. Over the same period, the visual arts in the form of documentary footage has aided international efforts to document genocide and prosecute those responsible, but this book argues that fictional representation occupies an equally important and problematic place in the process of shaping minds on the subject. Edited by two of the leading experts in the field, this title analyzes fictional and semi-fictional portrayals of genocide, |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 316 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781784534226 1784534226 |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
| CLC: | J905 |
| Call Number: | J905/H673-1 |