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Autore: | Hawkins Stephanie L. <1971-> |
Titolo: | American iconographic : National Geographic, global culture, and the visual imagination / / Stephanie L. Hawkins |
Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina: | 910.5 |
Soggetto topico: | Discoveries in geography - Press coverage |
Photography in ethnology | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | National geographic : the icon and its readers -- Training the "I" to see : progressive education, visual literacy, and National Geographic membership -- Savage visions : ethnography, photography, and local-color fiction in National geographic -- Fracturing the global family romance : National geographic, World War I, and fascism -- Jungle housekeeping : globalization, domesticity, and performing the "primitive" in National geographic -- National geographic's romance in ruins : from the catastrophic sublime to camp. |
Sommario/riassunto: | A fascinating narrative of how a cultural institution can influence and embody public attitudes, this book is the definitive account of an iconic magazine's unique place in the American imagination. |
Titolo autorizzato: | American iconographic |
ISBN: | 1-280-49003-9 |
9786613585264 | |
0-8139-2975-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828241903321 |
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