The cover artwork and frontispiece of Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal is a piece of art called The fall has fallen, and you rise – acrylic and ink on Canson paper by Maisara Baroud. Resistance, in the Western mind, is not defined by the act itself, that is, defending oneself or one’s community against an oppressive force. Rather, resistance is defined on the basis of its perpetrators. page 62 Table of ContentsWhy Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal?The Bookthe sniper’s hands are clean of blood (on dehumanization)the politics of defanging (on “humanization”)shireen’s passport (on the invention of the civilian)a life in cross-examination (on forbidden sentiments)tropes and drones (on discursive landmines)mein kampf in the playroom (on propaganda)miraculous epiphanies (on testimony)are we indeed all palestinians? (on identity)“do you want to throw israelis into the sea?” (on irreverence)Concluding Thoughts Why Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal? I first found…
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