Phantasmagoric Aesthetics: Colonial Violence and the Management of Perception

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Click for larger view Figure 1 Interior of the Sikanderbagh after the Slaughter of 2,000 Rebels by the 93rd Highlanders and 4th Punjab Regiment. First Attack of Sir Colin Campbell in November 1857, Lucknow. Felice Beato, March or April 1858. The Alkazi Collection of Photography.