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Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People
Ardis Cameron
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Description for Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People
Hardcover. Explores the 'visual' in defining the kaleidoscope of American experience and American identity in the 20th century. This book covers important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of 'others'. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People is a groundbreaking collection that explores the “visual” in defining the kaleidoscope of American experience and American identity in the 20th century.
Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People is a groundbreaking collection that explores the “visual” in defining the kaleidoscope of American experience and American identity in the 20th century.
- Covers enduringly important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of “others”
- Includes editorial introductions, suggested readings, a primer on how to "read" an image, and a guide to visual archives and collections
- Well-illustrated book for those in American Studies and related fields eager to incorporate the visual into their teaching—and telling—of the American story.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405114653
SKU
V9781405114653
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Ardis Cameron
Ardis Cameron is Professor of American and New England Studies, University of Southern Maine. She is author of Radicals of the Worst Sort: The Laboring of Lawrence, 1860–1912 (1993). She received a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her work in progress, Tales of Peyton Place: The Biography of a ... Read more
Reviews for Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People
“This collection is an invigorating, even stunning, revelation. I left it feeling as if I had learned a new language. Congratulations to Ardis Cameron for the creative insight with which she has woven together an argument for the indispensable value of ‘looking’ into the past.” Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University “This book illuminates the role ... Read more