Picturing America: Photography and the Sense of Place

Schmidt, Kerstin (Editor)/ Faisst, Julia Isabel (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9004385460 / ISBN 13: 9789004385467

Edité par Brill Rodopi, 2018

269 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur 9004385460

Synopsis :

Picturing America argues that photography is a prevalent practice of making places, determining how we situate ourselves in the world. As a prime site of knowledge and change, it enacts our perception as well as transformative conception of American environments.

À propos de l'auteur: Kerstin Schmidt (Ph.D. Freiburg 2005; PD Munich 2010) is professor of English and chair of American Studies at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany. She has published on U.S. and Canadian literature, media and visual culture and is the editor of Kritikon Litterarum. Julia Faisst, Ph.D. (2009), Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, is assistant professor of American Studies at that university. She has published a monograph, an edited collection of interviews and numerous articles on U.S. literature and visual culture, including Cultures of Emancipation: Photography and Race in Modern American Literature.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Picturing America: Photography and the Sense...
Éditeur : Brill Rodopi
Date d'édition : 2018
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Brand New