The Death and Afterlife of the Image
Abstract
Chapter 9 is on the different motives and ways through which social actors destroy images, and the consequences of these actions on different forms of image ‘death’. Analysing image destruction could show the different dynamics of what is tolerated in the public space, what is deemed appropriate, representable, and visible, and what is deemed offensive and needs to be made invisible. Methods for researching absences will be presented and applied on the case example of digital memes.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Photography and Visual Culture
Visual Culture and Art Theory
Memory
Trauma
and Commemoration
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 191–211
- Publication date
- 28 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter