Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People is a groundbreaking collection that explores the “visual” in defining the kaleidoscope of American experience and American identity in the 20th century.
Covers enduringly important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of “others”
Includes editorial introductions, suggested readings, a primer on how to "read" an image, and a guide to visual archives and collections
Well-illustrated book for those in American Studies and related fields eager to incorporate the visual into their teaching—and telling—of the American story.
About the Author
Ardis Cameron is Professor of American and New England Studies, University of Southern Maine. She is author of Radicals of the Worst Sort: The Laboring of Lawrence, 1860–1912 (1993). She received a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her work in progress, Tales of Peyton Place: The Biography of a Big Book.
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Explores the “visual” in defining 20th century American experience and identity, in a groundbreaking collection of essays
Covers enduringly important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of “others”
Includes editorial introductions, suggested readings, a primer on how to "read" an image, and a guide to visual archives and collections
Well-illustrated book for those in American Studies and related fields eager to incorporate the visual into their teaching—and telling—of the American story.
