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Description for Wanted
Hardback. Assembling an archive of images and texts since the eighteenth century, this book offers history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. It covers a wide range of images: runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, and artists' approximations. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Assembling a rich archive of images and texts from the eighteenth century to the present, Rachel Hall offers a history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. Her narrative covers a wide range of images: execution broadsides, runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, artists' approximations, and the depiction of key figures in the 'war on terror'. Hall's cultural analysis has profound implications for our understanding of contemporary American fantasies of vulnerability, projection of enemies around the world, and adoption of security measures in domestic and foreign policy. ... Read more
Assembling a rich archive of images and texts from the eighteenth century to the present, Rachel Hall offers a history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. Her narrative covers a wide range of images: execution broadsides, runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, artists' approximations, and the depiction of key figures in the 'war on terror'. Hall's cultural analysis has profound implications for our understanding of contemporary American fantasies of vulnerability, projection of enemies around the world, and adoption of security measures in domestic and foreign policy. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Frames, Framing Culture
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813928555
SKU
V9780813928555
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About Rachel Hall
Rachel Hall is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Louisiana State University.
Reviews for Wanted
Images of crime and lawlessness have long dominated American culture across the lines of virtually all media forms Not only does Rachel Hall's Wanted: The Outlaw in American Visual Culture fill a distinct gap in scholarly literature on crime and visual culture, it is a provocative and important contribution to cultural studies of crime. - Carol Stabile, University of Oregon, ... Read more