Autobiography and The Bang-Bang Club: Photography in an Era of Post-Truth
With the current historical moment marked by so-called post-truth, the question arises as to how reality is constructed in an age defined by poststructuralist tenets. In a reading of Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive texts on photography and genre, the article discusses the relationship between photo...
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2025
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | With the current historical moment marked by so-called post-truth, the question arises as to how reality is constructed in an age defined by poststructuralist tenets. In a reading of Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive texts on photography and genre, the article discusses the relationship between photography, (auto-)biography, and post-truth in an analysis of the co-authored apartheid autobiography The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War (2000). |
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