Photographs of Falling Bodies and the Ethics of Vulnerability in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8894868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Vanderwees (0000-0002-6379-3111, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-194 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras.2014.010 |
| OpenAlex | W1878118841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The article explores the ethical and political relationship between Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and the photographs of those who fell (or leapt) from the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. Drawing on Judith Butler’s theorization of the ethics of vulnerability, the article briefly outlines ongoing debates around the photography of atrocity in order to suggest that rather than reaffirm tropes of American exceptionalism and victory culture in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Foer’s novel and its engagement with the falling body may prompt readers to consider ethical recognition and responsibility to others
American exceptionalism · Art history · Cartography · Computer security · Exceptionalism · Falling (accident · Fell · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Victory · Vulnerability (computing · World trade center · Computer Science · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Photography and Visual Culture · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |