Narratives and Spaces. Technology and the Construction of American Culture.
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Exemplaarnummer Plaatscode Signatuur R004932 Ned. Fotomuseum $T NYE.D 1997
TitelNarratives and Spaces. Technology and the Construction of American Culture.
Auteur
Fotograaf
Plaats van uitgaveNew York
UitgeverColumbia University Press
Jaar van uitgave1997
Pagina's224
Illustratiesb&w
FormaatA4
MateriaalTekstboek
DocumenttypeBoek
ISBN0-231-111975
Annotatieindex, notes, pb;
TrefwoordCulturele studies, Tentoonstellingen als propaganda, Ruimte en fotografie, Tentoonstellingen en fotografie, Amerikaanse studies (?)
Geografisch trefwoordVerenigde Staten
Samenvatting
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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.
| Exemplaarnummer | R004932 |
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| Signatuur | $T NYE.D 1997 |