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Rhetorical Exposures : Confrontation and Contradiction in US Social Documentary Photography.

Carter, Christopher.

Rhetorical Exposures : Confrontation and Contradiction in US Social Documentary Photography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (216 pages) - Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique Series . - Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique Series .

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Writing with Light: Jacob Riis's Ambivalent Exposures -- 2. Let Us Now Praise Manly Men: The Antidocumentary Heroics of James Agee and Walker Evans -- 3. Picturing Capital: Ted Streshinsky's Travels in "Revolutionary" California -- 4. The Rhetoric of Ruins: Walking with Walter Benjamin and Camilo José Vergara -- 5. Keeping Watch: Immersion in Post-Katrina Visual Culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

9780817388102


Documentary photography-United States-History.
Photography-Social aspects-United States-History.
Photojournalists-United States.
United States-Social conditions.


Electronic books.

TR820

070.4/9

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