A communion of shadows: religion and photography in nineteenth-century America
"When the revolutionary technology of photography erupted in American culture in 1839, it swiftly became, in the day's parlance, a 'mania.' In this ... illustrated book, Rachel McBride Lindsey places vernacular photography at the center of the study of nineteenth-century American...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Lindsey, Rachel McBride, A Communion of Shadows: Religion and Photography in Nineteenth Century America] (2019) (Bruner, Jason)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Religious life
/ Spirituality
/ Photography
/ History 1800-1900
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
Photography (United States)
History 19th century
B United States Religious life and customs 19th century |
| Summary: | "When the revolutionary technology of photography erupted in American culture in 1839, it swiftly became, in the day's parlance, a 'mania.' In this ... illustrated book, Rachel McBride Lindsey places vernacular photography at the center of the study of nineteenth-century American religious culture and lived religion. As an empirical tool, photography captured many of the signal scenes of American life, from the Gold Rush to the bloody battlefields of the Civil War. But photographs did not simply display neutral records of people, places, and things--commonplace photographs became inscribed with spiritual meaning, disclosing, not merely signifying, a power that lay beyond"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Angaben zur zurgrundeliegenden Dissertation "A Communion of Shadows: Vernacular Photography and the Material Archives of Nineteenth-Century American Religion" ermittelt |
| ISBN: | 1469636484 |