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Field Guide for Female Interrogators

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ISBN-10: 1583227806

ISBN-13: 9781583227800

Edition: 2008

Authors: Coco Fusco

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The world was shocked by the images that emerged from Abu Ghraib, the US-controlled prison in Iraq. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male prisoners, became first a scapegoat and then a victim who was "just following orders." Ignored were the more elemental questions of how women are functioning within conservative power structures of government and the military. Why do the military and the CIA use female sexuality as an interrogation tactic, and why is this tactic downplayed and even ignored in internal investigations of prisoner abuse? Combining an art project with critical commentary, Coco Fusco imaginatively addresses the role of…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Publication date: 5/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.48" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Coco Fusco is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist and writer. Fusco's performances and videos have been included in such events as The Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennale, The Johannesburg Biennial, The Kwangju Biennale, The Shanghai Biennale,VideoBrasil and Performa 05. A recipient of a 2003 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, she is an associate professor at Columbia University.

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