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Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images

David M. Lubin

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Description:Jack & Jackie sailing at Hyannis Port. JFK smiling & confident with the radiant first lady by his side in Dallas shortly before the assassination. The Zapruder film. Jackie mourning at the funeral while her small son salutes the coffin. These images have become larger than life; more than simply photos of a president or of celebrities or of a tragic event, they've an extraordinary power to captivate—today as in their own time. Shooting Kennedy speculates on the allure of these & other iconic images of the Kennedys, using them to illuminate the American cultural landscape. It draws from a spectacularly varied intellectual & visual terrain—neoclassical painting, Victorian poetry, modern art, Hollywood films, TV sitcoms—to show how the public came to identify personally with the Kennedys & how, so doing, they came to understand their place in the world. This mix of art history, cultural history & popular culture offers an evocative look at 20th-century America. Marilyn Monroe, Sylvia Plath, Donna Reed, Playboy, Jack Ruby, the Rosenbergs, & many more personalities, little-known events & behind-the-scenes stories of the era enliven Lubin's account as he unlocks the meaning of these photos of the Kennedys. Elegantly conceived, witty & intellectually daring, Shooting Kennedy is a stylish meditation on the changing meanings of visual phenomena & the ways they affect our thinking about the past, the present & the process of history.Preface & AcknowledgmentsTwenty-six Seconds"Gentle Be the Breeze, Calm Be the Waves"A Marriage like Any OtherBlue Sky, Red RosesHit the Road, JackKennedy Shot The Loneliest Job in the World Down in the BasementSaluteNotesSelect BibliographyPicture CreditsIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images. To get started finding Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 0520229851

Description: Jack & Jackie sailing at Hyannis Port. JFK smiling & confident with the radiant first lady by his side in Dallas shortly before the assassination. The Zapruder film. Jackie mourning at the funeral while her small son salutes the coffin. These images have become larger than life; more than simply photos of a president or of celebrities or of a tragic event, they've an extraordinary power to captivate—today as in their own time. Shooting Kennedy speculates on the allure of these & other iconic images of the Kennedys, using them to illuminate the American cultural landscape. It draws from a spectacularly varied intellectual & visual terrain—neoclassical painting, Victorian poetry, modern art, Hollywood films, TV sitcoms—to show how the public came to identify personally with the Kennedys & how, so doing, they came to understand their place in the world. This mix of art history, cultural history & popular culture offers an evocative look at 20th-century America. Marilyn Monroe, Sylvia Plath, Donna Reed, Playboy, Jack Ruby, the Rosenbergs, & many more personalities, little-known events & behind-the-scenes stories of the era enliven Lubin's account as he unlocks the meaning of these photos of the Kennedys. Elegantly conceived, witty & intellectually daring, Shooting Kennedy is a stylish meditation on the changing meanings of visual phenomena & the ways they affect our thinking about the past, the present & the process of history.Preface & AcknowledgmentsTwenty-six Seconds"Gentle Be the Breeze, Calm Be the Waves"A Marriage like Any OtherBlue Sky, Red RosesHit the Road, JackKennedy Shot The Loneliest Job in the World Down in the BasementSaluteNotesSelect BibliographyPicture CreditsIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images. To get started finding Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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