Communion of shadows, a: religion and photography in nineteenth-century america
Auteur :
Lindsey, Rachel McBride
Éditeur :
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN :
9781469633725
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2017
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
460 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When the technology of photography erupted in American culture in 1839, it swiftly became, in the day's parlance, a “maniaâ€. This book positions vernacular photography at the centre of the study of nineteenth-century American religious life. Rachel McBride Lindsey's interpretation of “vernacular†as an analytic introduces a way to consider anew the cultural, social, and material reach of religion.