American modernism and depression documentary /

Photos filled with the forlorn faces of hungry and impoverished Americans that came to characterize the desolation of the Great Depression are among the best known artworks of the twentieth century. Captured by the camera's eye, these stark depictions of suffering became iconic markers of a for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allred, Jeff, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Caldwell, Erskine, > 1903-1987. > You have seen their faces.
Agee, James, > 1909-1955. > Let us now praise famous men.
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960. > 12 million black voices.
12 million black voices (Wright, Richard)
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Documentary photography > United States > History > 20th century.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Literature and photography > United States > History > 20th century.
Photography > Political aspects > United States.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Photographie documentaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Littérature) > États-Unis.
Littérature et photographie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Photographie > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Documentary photography
Literature and photography
Modernism (Literature)
Photography > Political aspects
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Plausible fictions of the real
  • From 'culture' to 'cultural work': literature and labor between the wars
  • The road to somewhere: locating knowledge in Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke-White's You have seen their faces (1937)
  • Moving violations: stasis and mobility in James Agee's and Walker Evans's Let us now praise famous men (1941)
  • From eye to we: Richard Wright's 12 million black voices, documentary, and pedagogy
  • 'We Americans': Henry Luce, life, and the mind-guided camera
  • Epilogue: depression documentary and the knot of history.

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