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Item Details
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WANTED
THE OUTLAW IN AMERICAN VISUAL CULTURE |
| By: |
Rachel Hall |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£46.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813928559 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813928555 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 October, 2009 |
| Series: |
Cultural Frames, Framing Culture |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Assembling an archive of images and texts since the eighteenth century, this book offers history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. It covers a wide range of images: runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, and artists' approximations. |
| Synopsis: |
Assembling a rich archive of images and texts from the eighteenth century to the present, Rachel Hall offers a history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. Her narrative covers a wide range of images: execution broadsides, runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, artists' approximations, and the depiction of key figures in the 'war on terror'. Hall's cultural analysis has profound implications for our understanding of contemporary American fantasies of vulnerability, projection of enemies around the world, and adoption of security measures in domestic and foreign policy. "Wanted" will appeal not only to students and scholars in literary studies, cultural studies, and art history but also to readers more generally interested in society's outlaws and in the test of wills between law enforcement and criminal evasion. |
| Illustrations: |
26 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Virginia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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