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American iconographic : National Geographic, global culture, and the visual imagination / Stephanie L. Hawkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawkins, Stephanie L., 1971-
- Series:
- Cultural frames, framing culture.
- Cultural frames, framing culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discoveries in geography--Press coverage.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Photography in ethnology.
- National geographic--History.
- National geographic.
- National geographic--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fascinating narrative of how a cultural institution can influence and embody public attitudes, this book is the definitive account of an iconic magazine's unique place in the American imagination.
- Contents:
- National geographic : the icon and its readers
- Training the "I" to see : progressive education, visual literacy, and National Geographic membership
- Savage visions : ethnography, photography, and local-color fiction in National geographic
- Fracturing the global family romance : National geographic, World War I, and fascism
- Jungle housekeeping : globalization, domesticity, and performing the "primitive" in National geographic
- National geographic's romance in ruins : from the catastrophic sublime to camp.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613585264
- 9781280490033
- 1280490039
- 9780813929750
- 081392975X
- OCLC:
- 755621598
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