Patterns of Symbolic Violence
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Drawing on a number of paradigmatic works of art, the book explores the motif of 'gypsy' child-theft and its visualisations. The analytical focus is on the colour coding of bodies in texts and images and their racialised/anti-gypsy uses. Offering a comprehensive survey of the motif's adaptations to different visual media, the author elaborates on its multiple layers of meaning and functions. The analysis starts with a critical review of Cervantes' tale "La gitanilla", moving through seventeenth-century Dutch history painting to take a cursory look at nineteenth-century printed images, and end up with an annotated filmography of 49 cinematic works. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.
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- ISBN-13: 9781013293689
- ISBN-10: 1013293681
- Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
- Publish Date: October 2020
- Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.39 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.97 pounds
- Page Count: 184
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