American modernism and depression documentary /
Jeff Allred.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- viii, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
Introduction: Plausible fictions of the real -- From 'culture' to 'cultural work': literature and labor between the wars -- The road to somewhere: locating knowledge in Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke-White's You have seen their faces (1937) -- Moving violations: stasis and mobility in James Agee's and Walker Evans's Let us now praise famous men (1941) -- From eye to we: Richard Wright's 12 million black voices, documentary, and pedagogy -- 'We Americans': Henry Luce, life, and the mind-guided camera -- Epilogue: depression documentary and the knot of history.
9780195335682 (hardback : alk. paper)
2009002666
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. You have seen their faces. Agee, James, 1909-1955. Let us now praise famous men. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. 12 million black voices.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century Documentary photography--History--United States--20th century. Modernism (Literature)--United States. Literature and photography--United States--History--20th century. Photography--Political aspects--United States.