A Scarf, a Sewage Pipe and a Settler: On Tactics, X-ray, and the Right to Opacity

Sharif, Y. 2024. A Scarf, a Sewage Pipe and a Settler: On Tactics, X-ray, and the Right to Opacity. in: Khosravi, S. (ed.) The Gaze of the X-Ray transcript Verlag. pp. 98-111

Chapter titleA Scarf, a Sewage Pipe and a Settler: On Tactics, X-ray, and the Right to Opacity
AuthorsSharif, Y.
EditorsKhosravi, S.
Abstract

Since its invention in the late nineteenth century, the penetrating gaze of the X-ray has changed our vision of the inside of the human body. After we started to see inside ourselves, the relationship between ourselves and our bodies changed forever. As a progression in medical science, X-ray technology was fashioned to maintain and save life. However, as the contributors to this volume show, it has been a device of ruination as well. They visualise the traces and the pattern of violence, practised by the states, racial capitalism, colonial racism and sexism. By juxtaposing different cases across time and space, this collection demonstrates a set of relations between civilization and ruination.

Keywordspalestine
X-ray
subversion
Book titleThe Gaze of the X-Ray
Page range98-111
Year2024
Publishertranscript Verlag
Publication dates
Published05 Feb 2024
ISBN9783839470480
9783837670486
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839470480-008

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