The Wound and the Witness - The Rhetoric of Torture (Paperback)


This study offers a historically grounded approach to an urgent contemporary problem: the persistance of torture in Western culture. Drawing upon ancient Greek and Roman texts, as well as contemporary media events, Jennifer R. Ballengee explores the spectacle of torture as a persuasive device.

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This study offers a historically grounded approach to an urgent contemporary problem: the persistance of torture in Western culture. Drawing upon ancient Greek and Roman texts, as well as contemporary media events, Jennifer R. Ballengee explores the spectacle of torture as a persuasive device.

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Imprint

State University of New York Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

2010

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First published

2010

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

200

ISBN-13

978-1-4384-2492-7

Barcode

9781438424927

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LSN

1-4384-2492-2



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