Disappearance is marked by a devastating absence. It constitutes a
form of violence that rips open a wound in time, offering no viable
recovery and no meaningful justice. It provides alibis to
perpetrators while denying victims their humanity. For those who
are left to live with its presence, the terror is infinite. State
of Disappearance brings together the power of artistic testimony
and witnessing with critical voices to ask deeper questions about
extreme violence, the normalization of human vanishing, state and
ideological complicity, and memorialization, along with wider
concerns about what it means to be human in the twenty-first
century. A gallery of dedicated artworks by Mexican abstract
painter Chantal Meza inspires each chapter, bringing the aesthetic
into critical conversation and leading to a multidisciplinary
collection that charts a new path for recovering humanity in the
face of its annihilation. Featuring contributions from theorists of
violence who are concerned with the issue of forcibly removing
humans from the surface of the earth, while also appreciative of
the complex layers of appearance and disappearance in the
contemporary world, the book attends to the many ways disappearance
occurs and the ethical questions this raises. State of
Disappearance traverses the difficult terrain of human denial to
rethink some of the most devastating chapters in human history and
their enduring relevance to our lives.
General
| Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
Canada |
| Series: |
Outspoken |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Editors: |
'Brad Evans
• Chantal Meza
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-228-01896-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-228-01896-X |
| Barcode: |
9780228018964 |
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