Across the World with the Johnsons: Visual Culture and American Empire in the Twentieth Century

ISBN-13: 9781138272224 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 248 str.

Prue Ahrens; Lamont Lindstrom; Fiona Paisley

Opis

During the interwar period Osa and Martin Johnson became famous for their films that brought exotic and far-off locations to the American cinema. Before the advent of mass tourism and television, their films played a major part in providing the means by which large audiences in the US and beyond became familiar with distant and 'wild' places across the world. Taking the celebrity of the Johnsons as its case study, this book investigates the influence of these new forms of visual culture, showing how they created their own version of America's imperial drama. Bringing together research in the fields of film and politics - including gender and empire, historical anthropology, photography and visual studies - this book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the Johnsons, their work and its impact.

Spis treści

Contents: Picturing other worlds; Wild places, wild peoples; Osa, ’First Lady of exploration’; No room for sissies; Adventures in the animal kingdom; Celebrity resurrections; References; Index.

O autorze

Prue Ahrens, Lamont Lindstrom, Fiona Paisley