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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index.

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.

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ISBN

  • 9780271063317
  • 0271063319