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Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
Dorothea Lange
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Description for Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
Paperback. "Unflinchingly illustrates the reality of life during this extraordinary moment in American history."-Dinitia Smith, The New York Times Editor(s): Gordon, Linda; Okihiro, Gary Y. Num Pages: 224 pages, 104 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; AJCR; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 576.
Censored by the U.S. Army, Dorothea Lange's unseen photographs are the extraordinary photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga. This indelible work of visual and social history confirms Dorothea Lange's stature as one of the twentieth century's greatest American photographers. Presenting 119 images originally censored by the U.S. Army—the majority of which have never been published—Impounded evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s and the stark reality of the internment camps. With poignancy and sage insight, nationally known historians Linda Gordon and Gary Okihiro illuminate the saga of Japanese American internment: from life before Executive ... Read more
Censored by the U.S. Army, Dorothea Lange's unseen photographs are the extraordinary photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga. This indelible work of visual and social history confirms Dorothea Lange's stature as one of the twentieth century's greatest American photographers. Presenting 119 images originally censored by the U.S. Army—the majority of which have never been published—Impounded evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s and the stark reality of the internment camps. With poignancy and sage insight, nationally known historians Linda Gordon and Gary Okihiro illuminate the saga of Japanese American internment: from life before Executive ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393330908
SKU
V9780393330908
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About Dorothea Lange
Winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, Linda Gordon is the author of The Second Coming of the KKK and a biography of photographer Dorothea Lange. She lives in New York and Madison, Wisconsin. Gary Y. Okihiro is the author of Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II and Common Ground: Reimagining American History. He ... Read more
Reviews for Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
"In these days of fear of the terrorist 'other', reading this measured, intelligent introduction to a time that is all-too possible to imagine recurring, and looking at Lange's photos... may be one of the most useful things one can do this Christmas." "[The] images show Americans of Japanese extraction being relocated to 'assembly centers', labeled and processed like cattle and ... Read more