Limits of the Visible: Representing the Great Hunger
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The absence of photographs of the Irish Famine has been attributed to the shortcomings of a medium then it its infancy, but it may also be due to certain limitations in the visible itself. Susan Sontag argued that images can evoke sentimental responses but cannot address wider political questions of obligation and justice. Luke Gibbons revisits representations of the Famine, particularly those in Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, to argue that images...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0990468623
ISBN13:9780990468622
Release Date:April 2015
Publisher:Cork University Press
Length:40 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 8.8" x 10.7"
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