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• Covers enduringly important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of -others-
  
• Includes editorial introductions, suggested readings, a primer on how to -read- an image, and a guide to visual archives and collections
  
• Well-illustrated book for those in American Studies and...

• Covers enduringly important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of -others-
  
• Includes editorial introductions, suggested readings, a primer on how to -read- an image, and a guide to visual archives and collections
  
• Well-illustrated book for those in American Studies and...

Published in 1956, Peyton Place became a bestseller and a literary phenomenon. A lurid and gripping story of murder, incest, female desire, and social injustice, it was consumed as avidly by readers as it was condemned by critics and the clergy. Its author, Grace Metalious, a housewife who grew up in poverty in a New Hampshire mill town and had aspired to be a writer from childhood, loosely based the novel's setting, characters, and incidents on real-life places, people, and events. The novel sold more than 30 million copies in hardcover and paperback, and it was adapted into a...

Contemporary readers of Peyton Place will be captivated by its vivid characters, earthy prose, and shocking incidents. Through her riveting, uninhibited narrative, Metalious skillfully exposes the intricate social anatomy of a small...