Picturing Dogs, Seeing Ourselves - Vintage American Photographs

Explores antique photographs of people and their dogs to expand the understanding of visual studies, animal studies, and American culture. Uses the canine body as a lens to investigate the cultural significance of family and childhood portraits, pictures of hunters, and racially charged images.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ann-Janine Morey is Associate Vice Provost for Cross Disciplinary Studies at James Madison University.

Zusammenfassung

Explores antique photographs of people and their dogs to expand the understanding of visual studies, animal studies, and American culture. Uses the canine body as a lens to investigate the cultural significance of family and childhood portraits, pictures of hunters, and racially charged images.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ann-Janine Morey, Ann-Janine (Associate Vice Provost for Cross Disciplinary Studies Morey, Professor Ann-Janine Morey, Morey Ann-Janine
• Verlag: Penn State University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.07.2014
• EAN: 9780271063317
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06331-7
• Seiten: 248
• Serien: Animalibus; Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures; Animalibus: Of Animals and Cul; Animalibus; Animalibus: Of Animals and Cul
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, PHOTOGRAPHY / Criticism, History of the Americas, Photography and photographs