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American Iconographic : National Geographic, Global Culture, and the Visual Imagination.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture SeriesPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (266 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813929750
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American IconographicDDC classification:
  • 910.5
LOC classification:
  • G1.N275H39 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- PROLOGUE: The Rediscovery of Sharbat Gula: National Geographic in the Twenty-first Century -- 1. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: The Icon and Its Readers -- 2. TRAINING THE "I" TO SEE: Progressive Education, Visual Literacy, and National Geographic Membership -- 3. SAVAGE VISIONS: Ethnography, Photography, and Local-Color Fiction in National Geographic -- 4. FRACTURING THE GLOBAL FAMILY ROMANCE: National Geographic, World War I, and Fascism -- 5. JUNGLE HOUSEKEEPING: Globalization, Domesticity, and Performing the "Primitive" in National Geographic -- 6. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S ROMANCE IN RUINS: From the Catastrophic Sublime to Camp -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- PROLOGUE: The Rediscovery of Sharbat Gula: National Geographic in the Twenty-first Century -- 1. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: The Icon and Its Readers -- 2. TRAINING THE "I" TO SEE: Progressive Education, Visual Literacy, and National Geographic Membership -- 3. SAVAGE VISIONS: Ethnography, Photography, and Local-Color Fiction in National Geographic -- 4. FRACTURING THE GLOBAL FAMILY ROMANCE: National Geographic, World War I, and Fascism -- 5. JUNGLE HOUSEKEEPING: Globalization, Domesticity, and Performing the "Primitive" in National Geographic -- 6. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S ROMANCE IN RUINS: From the Catastrophic Sublime to Camp -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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