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Subject(s)

• Documentary photography—United States [Browse]
• Nature photography—United States [Browse]
• Environmental degradation—Pictorial works [Browse]

Series

• Routledge history of photography. [More in this series]
• Routledge History of Photography

Summary note

"With an emphasis on photographic works that offer new perspectives on the history of American social documentary, this book considers a history of politically engaged photography that may serve as models for the representation of impending environmental injustices. Chris Balaschak examines histories of American photography, the environmental movement, as well as the industrial and post-industrial economic conditions of the United States in the twentieth century. With particular attention to a material history of photography focused on the display and dissemination of documentary images through print media and exhibitions, the work considered places emphasis on the depiction of communities and places harmed by industrialized capitalism. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual studies, photography, ecocriticism, environmental humanities, media studies, culture studies and visual rhetoric"-- Provided by publisher.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• America Begins Again: Waste and Social Documentary
• The Climax Community in Puerto Rico's New Deal
• The New Social Document in Post-Industrial America
• Photographic Views after Three Mile Island
• Tracing Toxicity
• Sacrifice Zones.

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ISBN

• 1-00-301658-8
• 1-003-01658-8
• 1-000-34927-6

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