A social semiotics analysis of Islamic State's use of beheadings: Images of power, masculinity, spectacle and propaganda

Despite their predominant role in terrorist practices, beheadings have not received sufficient theoretical or empirical attention. The aim of this paper is to explore images of executions by employing social semiotics theory and visual analysis and assess their function. Beheadings by the Islamic St...

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Main Author: Impara, Elisa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of law, crime and justice
Year: 2018, Volume: 53, Pages: 25-45
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