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Can I read Gendered Tropes in War Photography : Mothers, Mourners, Soldiers on EtoBox?

Gendered Tropes in War Photography : Mothers, Mourners, Soldiers by Marta Zarzycka is a social science available to read on EtoBox.

What is Gendered Tropes in War Photography : Mothers, Mourners, Soldiers about?

Photographic stills of women, appearing in both press coverage and relief campaigns, have long been central to the documentation of war and civil conflict. Images of non-Western women, in particular, regularly function as symbols of the misery and hopelessness of the oppressed. Featured on the front pages of newspapers and in NGO reports, they inform public understandings of war and peace, victims and perpetrators, but within a discourse that often obscures social and political subjectivities. U

Who reads Gendered Tropes in War Photography : Mothers, Mourners, Soldiers?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Marta Zarzycka
Publisher
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9781317599241
Category
social science
Subjects
Sociology, Science, Photography
Updated
2026-03-25