The Death in their Eyes

Vicente Sánchez-Biosca is Professor of Film Studies and Visual Culture at the University of Valencia (Spain) and was Chairholder of Spanish Civilization at the KJC Center (New York University) in 2013. Visiting professor and research fellow at numerous universities (NYU, Montreal, Paris-Sorbonne, Sao Paulo, Technische Universität Berlin), he leads the REPERCRI research project on perpetrators of mass murder. His latest publications include Cine y guerra civil española: del mito a la memoria (Alianza Editorial, 2006), and Miradas criminales, ojos de víctima. Imágenes de la aflicción en Camboya (Prometeo, 2017).

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Initial Citations



Introduction: More than Images



Part I



Chapter 1. From Atrocity Images to Perpetrator Images: Atavisms of the Gaze

Chapter 2. The Visual Enunciation of Perpetrators: Proposed Analytical Methods



Part II: Three Scenarios, Three Conflicts: The Dream of Killing Twice



Chapter 3. Spain, July 1936. The Martyrdom of Things: A Strange Perpetration

Chapter 4. Spring 1942, Warsaw Ghetto: Perpetrator Images for an Archive of Memory

Chapter 5. Phnom Penh, 1976-1978: Surveillance Photos and Perpetrator Images



Epilogue: An Image for Evil



Bibliography

Index