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Picturing faith [[electronic resource] ] : photography and the Great Depression / / Colleen McDannell



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Autore: McDannell Colleen Visualizza persona
Titolo: Picturing faith [[electronic resource] ] : photography and the Great Depression / / Colleen McDannell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (319 p.) ) : ill., ports
Disciplina: 200/.973/09043
Soggetto topico: Documentary photography - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: United States Religion 1901-1945 Pictorial works
United States Religious life and customs Pictorial works
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-301), photo reproduction numbers, and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introducing Americans to America -- Enduring faith -- Churches without people -- Another South -- Christian charity -- New Mexico's patriots -- Farming Jews -- The Negro church -- City congregations -- Project's end.
Sommario/riassunto: In the midst of the Great Depression, the American government initiated one of the most ambitious national photographic projects ever undertaken. Such photographers as Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Gordon Parks-all then virtually unknown-were commissioned to chronicle in pictures the economic struggle and social dislocation of the Depression era. They explored every facet of rural life in an effort to document the troubles, as well as the spirit, of the nation.Fanning out across the country, these photographers captured a nation alive with religious faith-from Dust Bowl migrants singing hymns to orthodox Jews praying in rural Connecticut. In Picturing Faith, the preeminent historian of religion Colleen McDannell recounts the history of this extraordinary project, telling the stories of the men and women who participated in it and exploring these little-known images of America.Lavishly illustrated, Picturing Faith teases out the various and conflicting ways that these photographers portrayed American religion and enhances our understanding of how religion was practiced during this critical period of American history.
Titolo autorizzato: Picturing faith  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-72247-2
9786611722470
0-300-13007-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451782403321
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