Empathic Vision: Affect, Trauma, and Contemporary ArtThis book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective" quality of art contributes to a new understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. By extending the concept of empathy, it also demonstrates how we might, through art, make connections with people in different parts of the world whose experiences differ from our own. The book makes a distinct contribution to trauma studies, which has tended to concentrate on literary forms of expression. It also offers a sophisticated theoretical analysis of the operations of art, drawing on philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, but setting this within a postcolonial framework. Empathic Vision will appeal to anyone interested in the role of culture in post-September 11 global politics. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 5
Page 158
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 177
Ithaca , N . Y . : Cornell University Press , 2004 . Bunn , David . “ Gavin Younge ' s
Distant Catastrophes . ” In Memorias intimas marcas . Brussels : Sussuta Boé ,
1998 . Burgin , Victor . In different Spaces : Place and Memory in Visual Culture .
Ithaca , N . Y . : Cornell University Press , 2004 . Bunn , David . “ Gavin Younge ' s
Distant Catastrophes . ” In Memorias intimas marcas . Brussels : Sussuta Boé ,
1998 . Burgin , Victor . In different Spaces : Place and Memory in Visual Culture .
Page 179
Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1987 . - . The Black Atlantic . Cambridge ,
Mass . : Harvard University Press , 1993 . Godby , Michael . “ Memory and History
in William Kentridge ' s History of the Main Complaint . ” In Negotiating the Past ...
Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1987 . - . The Black Atlantic . Cambridge ,
Mass . : Harvard University Press , 1993 . Godby , Michael . “ Memory and History
in William Kentridge ' s History of the Main Complaint . ” In Negotiating the Past ...
Page 180
Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press , 1998 . Kafka , Franz . In the Penal
Colony . Translated by Malcolm Pasley . London : Penguin Books , 1992 .
Kentridge , William . “ Director ' s Note : The Crocodile ' s Mouth . ” In Ubu and the
Truth ...
Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press , 1998 . Kafka , Franz . In the Penal
Colony . Translated by Malcolm Pasley . London : Penguin Books , 1992 .
Kentridge , William . “ Director ' s Note : The Crocodile ' s Mouth . ” In Ubu and the
Truth ...
Page 182
Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1998 . Salcedo , Doris . “ Memoirs from Beyond
the Grave . ” Tate 21 ( 2000 ) : 84 . Santner , Eric . Stranded Objects : Mourning ,
Memory , and Film in Postwar Germany . Ithaca , N . Y . : Cornell University Press
...
Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1998 . Salcedo , Doris . “ Memoirs from Beyond
the Grave . ” Tate 21 ( 2000 ) : 84 . Santner , Eric . Stranded Objects : Mourning ,
Memory , and Film in Postwar Germany . Ithaca , N . Y . : Cornell University Press
...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
On the Subject of Trauma | 1 |
Insides Outsides Trauma Affect and Art | 22 |
The Force of Trauma | 46 |
Journeys into Place | 70 |
FacetoFace Encounters | 103 |
Global Interconnections | 124 |
Beyond Trauma Culture | 149 |
Notes | 157 |
175 | |
183 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal abuse affect African argues artist audience Basquiat become Bennett bodily body calls Chapter character City comes concept concerned condition connection constitute critical cultural death Deleuze describes discussion distinction embodied emerges emotional empathy encounter engagement engender example experience expression fact feel figure flow force function Gallery gives global Gordon identify identity imagery images inhabitation Johnston journey Kentridge Khoisan kind language lived loss means mode moral move narrative nature Notes notion objects offer operations pain painting particular past perception performance play political present Press produced puppet question regard relation relationship representation response revealed Salcedo says scene sensation sense memory shock simply South space specific studies suggests tell testimony thinking thought tion transformation translation trauma Truth understand understood University victims violence visual witness York