Picturing dogs, seeing ourselves : vintage American photographs / Ann-Janine Morey.
- Morey, Ann-Janine
- Date:
- [2014]
- Books
About this work
Description
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
Physical description
xviii, 228 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesM25637
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780271063317
- 0271063319