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Matthew Fox-Amato, “Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America” (Oxford UP, 2019)

Matthew Fox-Amato
Exposing Slavery
Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in African American Studies New Books in American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Communications New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network April 25, 2019 Christine Lamberson

Shortly after its introduction, photography transformed the ways Americans made political arguments using visual images. In the mid-19th century, photographs became key tools in debates surrounding slavery. Yet, photographs were used in interesting and sometimes surprising ways by a range of actors. Matthew Fox-Amato, an Assistant Professor at the University... Read More

Sigrid Lien, “Pictures of Longing: Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration” (U Minnesota Press, 2018)

Sigrid Lien
Pictures of Longing
Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration
University of Minnesota Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books in Politics & Society April 8, 2019 Colin Mustful

In one of history’s largest migrations, hundreds of thousands of Norwegians immigrated to North American during the 1800s and early 1900s. In addition to letters sent home, Norwegian-Americans often included photographs showcasing their new American lives. In her book, Pictures of Longing: Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration (University of Minnesota... Read More

Jorge Coronado, “Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2018)

Jorge Coronado
Portraits in the Andes
Photography and Agency, 1900-1950
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018

New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Native American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network September 24, 2018 Ryan Tripp

In Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018), Jorge Coronado, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University, examines photography to further the argument that intellectuals grafted their own notions of indigeneity onto their subjects. He looks specifically at the Cuzco School of Photography... Read More

Erin Edwards, “The Modernist Corpse: Posthumanism and the Posthumous” (U Minnesota Press, 2018)

Erin Edwards
The Modernist Corpse
Posthumanism and the Posthumous
University of Minnesota Press, 2018

New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Photography New Books Network May 7, 2018 Eric LeMay

At the beginning of the 20th century, surrealists such as André Breton and Man Ray played a game called “Exquisite Corpse.” You can play it by drawing or by writing, and the rules are very simple. Let’s say you’re writing. You would write the beginning of a story or poem... Read More

Jo Farb Hernandez
Singular Spaces
From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments
Raw Vision, 2013

New Books in Architecture New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in Folklore New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books Network March 28, 2018 Jo Farb Hernandez

Singular Spaces: From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments (Raw Vision, 2013) is an audacious tome. A comprehensive survey of 45 art environments on the Spanish mainland, it weighs just over eight and a half pounds and contains over 1300 color photographs (with over 4000 more plus... Read More

Stephen Sheehi, “The Arab Imago: A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910” (Princeton UP, 2016)

Stephen Sheehi
The Arab Imago
A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910
Princeton University Press, 2016

New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in History New Books in Middle Eastern Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network February 15, 2018 Nadirah Mansour

In the Arab world, photography is often tied to the modernizing efforts of imperial and colonial powers. However, indigenous photography was itself a major aspect of the cultural and social lives of Middle Eastern societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stephen Sheehi’s The Arab Imago: A Social... Read More