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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 18766826-6
Bibliographic Details
Title: Postcards : Ephemeral Histories of Modernity
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
About this title
--Herman Lebovics, SUNY Trustees Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook University
"So ubiquitous that they have been invisible to serious scholarship, postcards have here at last been given the detailed, critical attention they need and deserve. This beautifully designed volume, which covers an admirably diverse range of practices and issues, addresses both the production and reception of the humble postcard, showing this image form to be an especially rich depository of cultural knowledge."
--Geoffrey Batchen, CUNY Graduate Center
"This is a stimulating and often brilliant contribution to art history and visual culture studies. The editors have assembled an array of essays that both testify to and analyze in detail the crucial importance of a visual/verbal medium that has long been hidden in plain sight. Postcards: Ephemeral Histories of Modernity is exemplary for both its subjects and methods--and, not least, a revelation for anyone who thinks that there is no new ground to be broken in histories of the visual."
--Frederick Bohrer, Hood College
"Meticulously edited and beautifully illustrated, Postcards: Ephemeral Histories of Modernity undoubtedly will become the first stop for anyone interested in the cultural history and aesthetics of the postcard. Instead of transforming the postcard into an emblem of a particular understanding of language, these essays explore material histories of the production and reception of postcards across multiple sites in order to grasp their place in histories of modern art and communications technologies, as well as their consequential roles in the increasingly turbulent discursive battles of the early twentieth century over issues such as race, gender, and national identity."
--Mark A. Wollaeger, Vanderbilt University
"The book is well illustrated: its many examples of postcards range from generic views by anonymous individuals to photographs by Robert Frank, William Wegman, and others."
--W. S. Johnson, Choice
"I am happy to opine that Postcards: Ephemeral Histories of Modernity is an excellent and topical anthology. Indeed, it is fair to say that we have needed this book for some time. To extend our understanding of postcards, this anthology offers an intelligent, varied, and rambunctious mix of essays that will be a valuable resource for teaching and new scholarship. To top it off, many of the essays are a pleasure to read."
--Robin Kelsey, caa.reviews
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