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Torture [electronic resource] : power, democracy, and the human body / edited by Shampa Biswas, Zahi Zalloua.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Global re-visionsPublication details: Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, 2011.Description: viii, 283 pOther title:
  • Power, democracy, and the human body
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.6/7 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8593 .T6627 2011
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Contents:
Introduction. Torture, democracy, and the human body / Shampa Biswas and Zahi Zalloua -- Torture and democracy : what now? / Darius Rejali -- Now that we've tortured : image, guilt, consequence / Mark Danner -- We are all torturers now : accountability after Abu Ghraib / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn -- Dying Is not permitted : sovereignty, biopower, and force-feeding at Guant�anamo Bay / Lauren Wilcox -- The torture device : debate and archetype / Stephanie Athey -- Specters of the Muselmann : Guant�anamo Bay Penalogial Theme Park and the torture of Omar Khadr / Joseph Pugliese -- This fragile body : Susan Crile's Abu Ghraib : abuse of power / Julia A. Ireland -- Sri Lanka : landscapes of massacre / Suvendrini Perera.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Torture, democracy, and the human body / Shampa Biswas and Zahi Zalloua -- Torture and democracy : what now? / Darius Rejali -- Now that we've tortured : image, guilt, consequence / Mark Danner -- We are all torturers now : accountability after Abu Ghraib / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn -- Dying Is not permitted : sovereignty, biopower, and force-feeding at Guant�anamo Bay / Lauren Wilcox -- The torture device : debate and archetype / Stephanie Athey -- Specters of the Muselmann : Guant�anamo Bay Penalogial Theme Park and the torture of Omar Khadr / Joseph Pugliese -- This fragile body : Susan Crile's Abu Ghraib : abuse of power / Julia A. Ireland -- Sri Lanka : landscapes of massacre / Suvendrini Perera.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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