The Resource Archiving the unspeakable : silence, memory, and the photographic record in Cambodia, Michelle Caswell
Archiving the unspeakable : silence, memory, and the photographic record in Cambodia, Michelle Caswell
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The item Archiving the unspeakable : silence, memory, and the photographic record in Cambodia, Michelle Caswell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.
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- Summary
- Roughly 1.7 million people died in Cambodia from untreated disease, starvation, and execution during the Khmer Rouge reign of less than four years in the late 1970s. The regime's brutality has come to be symbolized by the multitude of black-and-white mug shots of prisoners taken at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where thousands of "enemies of the state" were tortured before being sent to the Killing Fields. In Archiving the Unspeakable, Michelle Caswell traces the social life of these photographic records through the lens of archival studies and elucidates how, paradoxically, they have become agents of silence and witnessing, human rights and injustice as they are deployed at various moments in time and space. From their creation as Khmer Rouge administrative records to their transformation beginning in 1979 into museum displays, archival collections, and databases, the mug shots are key components in an ongoing drama of unimaginable human suffering.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 231 pages
- Isbn
- 9780299297541
- Label
- Archiving the unspeakable : silence, memory, and the photographic record in Cambodia
- Title
- Archiving the unspeakable
- Title remainder
- silence, memory, and the photographic record in Cambodia
- Statement of responsibility
- Michelle Caswell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Roughly 1.7 million people died in Cambodia from untreated disease, starvation, and execution during the Khmer Rouge reign of less than four years in the late 1970s. The regime's brutality has come to be symbolized by the multitude of black-and-white mug shots of prisoners taken at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where thousands of "enemies of the state" were tortured before being sent to the Killing Fields. In Archiving the Unspeakable, Michelle Caswell traces the social life of these photographic records through the lens of archival studies and elucidates how, paradoxically, they have become agents of silence and witnessing, human rights and injustice as they are deployed at various moments in time and space. From their creation as Khmer Rouge administrative records to their transformation beginning in 1979 into museum displays, archival collections, and databases, the mug shots are key components in an ongoing drama of unimaginable human suffering.--
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- Caswell, Michelle
- Dewey number
- 323.09596
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Critical human rights
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- Tuol Sleng (Prison : Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
- Parti communiste du Kampuchea
- Prisons
- Political atrocities
- Genocide
- Political prisoners
- Archives
- Cambodia
- Label
- Archiving the unspeakable : silence, memory, and the photographic record in Cambodia, Michelle Caswell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- FIEb17529578
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 231 pages
- Isbn
- 9780299297541
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854956925
- Label
- Archiving the unspeakable : silence, memory, and the photographic record in Cambodia, Michelle Caswell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- FIEb17529578
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 231 pages
- Isbn
- 9780299297541
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854956925
Subject
- Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979 -- Archives
- Genocide -- Cambodia -- Archives
- Parti communiste du Kampuchea
- Political atrocities -- Cambodia -- Archives
- Political prisoners -- Cambodia -- Archives
- Prisons -- Cambodia -- Archives
- Tuol Sleng (Prison : Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
- Archives -- Cambodia
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