The politics and art of John L. Stoddard : reframing authority, otherness, and authenticity / Michaelene Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Michaelene, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson), 1850-1931--Criticism and interpretation.

Stoddard, John L.

Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson), 1850-1931.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xx, 163 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

This book is a historical and critical assessment of contributions made by American writer and, lecturer John Lawson Stoddard (1850-1931). It is the first scholarly effort to provide visual and literary analyses of his illustrated travel works and political writings. It claims that Stoddard was a principle engine behind transforming tourism into a growing consumer culture, democratizing liberal arts education, and fueling anti-WWI campaigns. By the late 1870s, form Lawson Stoddard had played a major role in transforming the aristocratic Grand Tour into a mass cultural phenomenon. His photographs lectures on distant places and peoples caught the attention of meat, but, perhaps more importantly, his images and text of millions of audience members. This book suggests how critical approaches borrowed from the interdisciplinary literature of visual culture are helpful in assessing the imagery and identity of a nineteenth-century American travel lecturer and author. It uncovers buried aspects of the personal and public life of Stoddard and reveals his significant contributions to American political and social history. Book jacket.

Contents:

Contextualizing John Lawson Stoddard

Examining portraiture and identity

Framing the public image of John Stoddard: the illustrated lectures

De-constructing the public image of John Stoddard:

Engaging the public, engaging the self.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739188705

0739188704

OCLC:

892878762