Main entry:

Hariman, Robert.

Title & Author:

No caption needed : iconic photographs, public culture, and liberal democracy / Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites.

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Publication:

Chicago [Ill.] : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Description:

xi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published as hbk.: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-400) and index.
Public culture, icons, and iconoclasts -- The borders of the genre : Migrant mother and the Times Square kiss -- Performing civic identity : flag raisings at Iwo Jima and Ground Zero -- Dissent and emotional management : Kent State -- Trauma and public memory : accidental napalm -- Liberal representation and global order : Tiananmen Square -- Ritualizing modernity's gamble : the Hindenburg and Challenger explosions -- Conclusion: Visual democracy.

Summary:

"In No Caption Needed, Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites provide the definitive study of the iconic photograph as a dynamic form of public art. Their critical analyses of nine individual icons explore the photographs themselves and their subsequent circulation through an astonishing array of media, including stamps, posters, billboards, editorial cartoons, TV shows, Web pages, tattoos, and more. As these iconic images are reproduced and refashioned by governments, commercial advertisers, journalists, grassroots advocates, bloggers, and artists, their alterations throw key features of political experience into sharp relief. Iconic images are revealed as models of visual eloquence, signposts for collective memory, means of persuasion across the political spectrum, and a crucial resource for critical reflection"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9780226316123 (paper)
0226316122 (paper)
(cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226316062
0226316068

Subject:

Popular culture United States History.
Photographs Political aspects United States History.
Visual communication Political aspects United States History.
Rhetoric Political aspects United States History.
Mass media Political aspects United States History.
Democracy United States History.
Photojournalism United States History 20th century.
Photographic criticism.
Photography History 20th century.
Culture populaire États-Unis Histoire.
Photographies Aspect politique États-Unis Histoire.
Communication visuelle Aspect politique États-Unis Histoire.
Discours politique États-Unis Histoire.
Photographie de presse États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Critique photographique.
Photographie Histoire 20e siècle.
Democracy.
Mass media Political aspects.
Photographs Political aspects.
Photography.
Photojournalism.
Politics and government
Popular culture.
Rhetoric Political aspects.
Visual communication Political aspects.
United States Politics and government 1945-1989.
United States Politics and government 1989-
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1945-1989.
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1989-
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Lucaites, John Louis.

Iconic photographs, public culture, and liberal democracy

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291167
Call No.: BIB 234576
Status: Available