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American Photography and the American Dream
James Guimond
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Description for American Photography and the American Dream
Paperback. American Photography and the American Dream Num Pages: 355 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
James Guimond's powerful study reveals how documentary photographers have expressed or contested the idea of the American Dream throughout the twentieth century. In Guimond's formulation issues like growth, equality, and national identity came under the rubric of the Dream as it has been used to measure how well the nation is living up to its social and political ideals. A pathbreaking book, American Photography and the American Dream examines the most important photographers and developments in the documentary genre during this century. It encompasses the reform-era images of Francis Benjamin Johnston and Lewis Hine; the work of Farm Security Administration ... Read more
James Guimond's powerful study reveals how documentary photographers have expressed or contested the idea of the American Dream throughout the twentieth century. In Guimond's formulation issues like growth, equality, and national identity came under the rubric of the Dream as it has been used to measure how well the nation is living up to its social and political ideals. A pathbreaking book, American Photography and the American Dream examines the most important photographers and developments in the documentary genre during this century. It encompasses the reform-era images of Francis Benjamin Johnston and Lewis Hine; the work of Farm Security Administration ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Studies of the United States
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807843086
SKU
V9780807843086
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About James Guimond
James Guimond is professor of English and American studies and chair of the English department at Rider College.
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