| No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy Contributor(s): Hariman, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226316068 ISBN-13: 9780226316062 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: A gaunt woman stares into the bleakness of the Great Depression. An exuberant sailor plants a kiss on a nurse in the heart of Times Square. A naked Vietnamese girl runs in terror from a napalm attack. An unarmed man stops a tank in Tiananmen Square. These and a handful of other photographs have become icons of public culture: widely recognized, historically significant, emotionally resonant images that are used repeatedly to negotiate civic identity. But why are these images so powerful? How do they remain meaningful across generations? What do they expose--and what goes unsaid? 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. Arguing against the conventional belief that visual images short-circuit rational deliberation and radical critique, Hariman and Lucaites make a bold case for the value of visual imagery in a liberal-democratic society. "No Caption Needed" is a compelling demonstration of photojournalism'svital contribution to public life. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Photojournalism - Social Science | Popular Culture - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| LCCN: 2006026049 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.6" W x 9.2" (1.53 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: 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. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lucaites, John Louis: - John Louis Lucaites is Provost Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the English Department at Indiana University. He is coauthor of No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy and Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word. |