Women’s Camera Work: Self/Body/Other in American Visual Culture (New Americanists) (Paperback)

~ (Author), Donald E.Pease (Series Editor) "History pictures. History pictures. Rulers and priests, scholars, madonnas, and courtesans..." (more)
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"Dorothea Lange's renowned "Migrant Mother" is the point of departure for this generously illustrated and intelligently argued book ... The major contribution however is its gathering and juxtaposing of the work of a number of more or less well-known women photographers...Davidov presents them as a loose network rather than a movement and, in here close readings, attends to what is unique in their work as well as what they might have in common... Clearly packed with information of interest to students of photography and, indeed, of twentieth-century American culture."--American Studies, Vol. 34, 2000 "If "photographs are artifacts with a continuing life," Judith Fryer Davidov provides an acute reading of the ways in which the camera work of key female photographers construct histories that rethink linear models of male photographic influence, and that negotiate and represent otherness... The success of Women's Camera Work is, indeed, the scrupulous and sensitive consideration of the lives of both the photographer (as text) and the photographer (as practitioner) in a culture that has often marginalized both."--Journal of American Studies, Vol 33, 1999

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Gertrude Kasebier, Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin--author Judith Fryer Davidov examines the influence of the lives and work of a particular network of women photographers linked by time, interaction, and friendship. In presenting one of the most important strands of American photography, this richly illustrated book will interest students of American visual culture, women's studies, and general readers alike. 220 photos.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Duke University Press (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822320673
• ISBN-13: 978-0822320678
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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