Picturing dogs, seeing ourselves vintage American photographs
"Explores antique photographs of people and their dogs to expand the understanding of visual studies, animal studies, and American culture. Uses the canine body as a lens to investigate the cultural significance of family and childhood portraits, pictures of hunters, and racially charged images...
| Main Author: | Morey, Ann-Janine (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2014]
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| Series: |
Animalibus : of animals and cultures ;
#04 |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The visual rhetoric of everyday people
- The dog on the table : from the great Gatsby to the great white middle class
- The gaze outside the frame
- Family portraits
- Hunting pictures and dog stories
- Women cross the line.