Pictures of Longing: Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration Contributor(s): Lien, Sigrid (Author), Sjoholm, Barbara (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1517901995 ISBN-13: 9781517901998 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 770.893 |
LCCN: 2018008705 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.9" W x 8.9" L (1.80 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Midwest |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Haunting and revealing photographs sent home by Norwegian immigrants in America as visual document and collective expression of the emigrant experience Pictures of Longing brings more than 250 America-photographs into focus as a moving account of Norwegian migration in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, conceived of and crafted by its photographer-authors to shape and reshape their story. To clarify the historic nature and the cultural function of the America-photographs, art historian and photography scholar Sigrid Lien located thousands of the photographs in public and private archives and museums in Norway and the United States. Reading these photographs alongside letters sent home by Norwegian immigrants, Lien provides the first comprehensive account of this collective photographic practice involving "the voice of the many." Pictures of Longing shows, in fascinating detail, how the photographs, like the accompanying letters, contribute to the cultural grassroots expression of Norwegian migration. They steer us toward multiple, fragmented, and dispersed histories and also complement the existing fabric of established historical narratives, demonstrating photography's potential to engage with history. |
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