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At Home with Political Portraits : Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wingate, Jennifer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Portraits.
- Presidents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- Focusing on photographs depicting the domestic display of three US presidential icons - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama - Jennifer Wingate examines everyday expressions of national pride and belonging alongside the tension that these displays signal about the state of democracy.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements Introduction: Picturing Democracy 1. Roosevelt: 'To hell with any more elections, we're gonna make him king' 2. Kennedy: A Martyr and a Deity 3. Obama: My Wishes and Dreams Are with You... Conclusion: "No Kings!" Bibliography Notes About the Author Index
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8189-148-0
- 1-9787-6662-9
- 979-82-16-25157-6
- 9781978766624
- OCLC:
- 1574117424
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