Images of shame infamy, defamation and the ethics of oeconomia / edited by Carolin Behrmann.

Other author Behrmann, Carolin.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin : De Gruyter, [2016]
Description272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Contents Figura infamante : Schanbilder und die Ethik der oeconomia / Carolin Behrmann -- Pittura infamante : practices, genres and connections / Gherardo Ortalli -- Prime pitture d'infamia nei comuni italiani : immagini come documenti, immagini come fatti / Matteo Ferrari -- Images of dishounoured rebels and infamous revolts : political crime, shaming punishments and defamation in the early modern pictorial media / Karl Härter -- Bild-Ehre, Bild-Schande, Bild-Ängste : einstige Kommunikationsweisen und heutige Diskursverkürzungen / Wolfgang Brückner -- The ban and the bag : how defamatory paintings worked in medieval Italy / Giuliano Milani -- "more cuiusdam Cioli et aliorum infamium" : on Dante's refusal to return home and how he became Florentine again / Thomas Ricklin -- Sovereign infamy : grotesque helmets, masks of shame and the prehistory of caricature / Felix Jäger -- From defamation to mutilation : gender politics and reason of state in Africa / David Freedberg -- "Ein Kampf mit der Sicht" : Antlitz, Kunst und Erhabenes bei Emmanuel Levinas / Hana Gründler.
Abstract At the zone of intersection between imagery, law, and the economy, the defamatory image is charged with a particularly explosive significance. While a "pedagogy of shame" was used in the Late Middle Ages in order to punish debtors and other violators of contracts, the defamatory image remains to this day a vehicle for the moral denunciation and pejorative depiction of individuals who have violated the law. The contributions in this volume discuss the "magical force" exerted by defamatory imagery as well as the role of public humiliation in legal practice, including the "pittura infamante" and the general use of imagery in law.--publisher's website.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Language7 English, 1 Italian, 3 German contributions.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016461356
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