Sovereignty and Death: Post-mortem Visual Representations in Turkey and Russia’s Media

• Published in: Millennium Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 224 - 247
• Main Authors: Akin, Cihan Erdost, Dufalla, Jacqueline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2021; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Case studies; Death & dying; Mass media images; Private sphere; Representation; Sovereignty; Visibility; Visual representation; études visuelles; soberanía; visual studies; sovereignty; post mortem; representations; post-mortem; souveraineté; estudios visuales

This article assesses the politics of post-mortem visual representation in media. Studying different representation of death in Turkey and Russia, it explores the intersection of visual images, death, and sovereignty. The existing studies have established that dead bodies are pushed to the private s...