Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism
(Part of the Cultural Studies of the United States Series)
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Laura Wexler presents an incisive analysis of how the first American female photojournalists contributed to a "domestic vision" that reinforced the imperialism and racism of turn-of-the-century America. These women photographers, white and middle class, constructed images of war disguised as peace through a mechanism Wexler calls the "averted eye," which had its origins in the private domain of family photography.
Wexler examines the work of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807848832
ISBN13:9780807848838
Release Date:November 2000
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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