Public culture, icons, and iconoclasts
The borders of the genre : Migrant mother and the Times Square kiss
Performing civic identity : flag raisings at Iwo Jima and Ground Zero
Dissent and emotional management : Kent State
Trauma and public memory : accidental napalm
Liberal representation and global order : Tiananmen Square
Ritualizing modernity's gamble : the Hindenburg and Challenger explosions
Conclusion: Visual democracy.
No caption needed : iconic photographs, public culture, and liberal democracy by Robert Hariman. ISBN 9780226316062. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.