Abstract
After a brief introductory presentation on the genesis of the judiciary portrait (mugshot) in the 19 th century, - within the wider context of the criminal identification system called 'Bertilhonage' - the first part of this article is dedicated to the demonstration of a series of performative characteristics of this type of photography, at different levels, in the light of recent theories on the subject of performativity.
In the second part of the essay, the author defends that, as a performative construct, the judicial portrait (mugshot) has gained enormous dimension and importance, mainly through transvisuality and 'remediation' (Bolter and Grusin 2000), eventually becoming an autonomous rhetorical model in contemporary media.
In the second part of the essay, the author defends that, as a performative construct, the judicial portrait (mugshot) has gained enormous dimension and importance, mainly through transvisuality and 'remediation' (Bolter and Grusin 2000), eventually becoming an autonomous rhetorical model in contemporary media.
| Translated title of the contribution | Performative Dimentions of Mugshots: Elaboration, Reception - and Rethorical Autonomy |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 125-158 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Comunicação & Cultura |
| Issue number | 14 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |