The Banality of Ghosts. Searching for Humanness with Joshua Oppenheimer in THE ACT OF KILLING

In The Act of Killing, (Joshua Oppenheimer, ID, DK 2012), Joshua Oppenheimer searches for humanness by assessing the rituals, routines and grammar of former perpetrators who played a role during the 1965/6 genocide in Medan, Indonesia. This article puts The Act of Killing in the context of Oppenheim...

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Autor Principal: Lucien van Liere
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Publicado: Schüren Verlag 2021
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