Narratives and Spaces. Technology and the Construction of American Culture.
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R004932 Ned. Fotomuseum $T NYE.D 1997
TitleNarratives and Spaces. Technology and the Construction of American Culture.
Author
Photographer
Place of publicationNew York
PublisherColumbia University Press
Year of publication1997
Pagination224
Illustrationsb&w
DimensionsA4
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN0-231-111975
Bibliographic Notesindex, notes, pb;
SubjectCulturele studies, Tentoonstellingen als propaganda, Ruimte en fotografie, Tentoonstellingen en fotografie, Amerikaanse studies (?)
Geographical keywordVerenigde Staten
Abstract
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This book examines how photography, the railroad, electricity, space flight and the computer became central parts of the way Americans construct and narrate their culture.
Chapters :
PART I. SPACE
1. Constructing Nature: Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon ;
2. Electrifying the American West, 1880-1940 ;
3. Domestic Landscape: Wright Morris's "The Home Place" ;
PART II. NARRATIVES
4. Reconstructing Rural Space: Four Narratives of New Deal Electrification ;
5. Energy Narratives ;
6. Space of the Past: E.L. Doctorow's "World Fair" ;
PART III. NARRATIVES IN SPACE
7. Electrifying Expositions, 1880-1939 ;
8. European Self-Representation at the New York World's fair of 1939 ;
9. Don't Fly Me to the Moon: The Public and the Apollo Space Program ;
10. Postmodernism and the Computer Society ;
CONCLUSION
Technology and the Construction of American Space ;
Notes / Index.
This book examines how photography, the railroad, electricity, space flight and the computer became central parts of the way Americans construct and narrate their culture.
Chapters :
PART I. SPACE
1. Constructing Nature: Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon ;
2. Electrifying the American West, 1880-1940 ;
3. Domestic Landscape: Wright Morris's "The Home Place" ;
PART II. NARRATIVES
4. Reconstructing Rural Space: Four Narratives of New Deal Electrification ;
5. Energy Narratives ;
6. Space of the Past: E.L. Doctorow's "World Fair" ;
PART III. NARRATIVES IN SPACE
7. Electrifying Expositions, 1880-1939 ;
8. European Self-Representation at the New York World's fair of 1939 ;
9. Don't Fly Me to the Moon: The Public and the Apollo Space Program ;
10. Postmodernism and the Computer Society ;
CONCLUSION
Technology and the Construction of American Space ;
Notes / Index.
| Copy number | R004932 |
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| Shelf mark | $T NYE.D 1997 |