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The Spectatorship of Suffering

London; Thousand Oaks; New Delhi: Sage (2006), 237 pp.
"This book is about the relationship between the spectators in countries of the west, and the distant sufferer on the television screen; the sufferer in Somalia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, but also from New York and Washington, DC. How do we relate to television images of the distant suf ... more
"Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills" points to a crisis facing international institutions and the media who seek to alleviate and report human suffering throughout the world. The goals of the editor are to tell the story of thousands of individuals dedicated to helping others; and to integrat ... more
"From outbreaks of the flesh eating viruses Ebola and Strep A, to death camps in Bosnia and massacres in Rwanda, the media seem to careen from one trauma to another, in a breathless tour of poverty, disease and death. First we're horrified, but each time they turn up the pitch, show us one image mor ... more
"Based on a forum, "War and peace in Somalia", held at Columbia University on February 16, 1994, this is an expanded and updated perspective with essays and first-person accounts by some of the original participants." (https://search.worldcat.org)