Galleries of Friendship and Fame

Name: Galleries of Friendship and Fame
Brand: Yale University Press
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By Elizabeth Siegel

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Galleries of Friendship and Fame is the first comprehensive investigation of the origin, development, and practices of 19th-century American photograph albums. In this fascinating book, the author argues that the album--whether functioning as family record, parlor entertainment, social register, national portrait gallery, or advertisement for photography itself--helped transform the nature of self-presentation at the cusp of modernity. This handsome volume examines carte de visite and cabinet card albums from their introduction in the United States in 1861 through the rise of the snapshot at the century's end. By examining a wealth of previously overlooked primary materials, this study offers a completely new understanding of photograph albums, revealing how they emerged, how they were marketed and sold, and how families displayed and told stories through them. Galleries of Friendship and Fame addresses the history of technology and innovation, the interconnectedness of the commercial and domestic spheres, and the ways photography helped shape notions of identity, family, and nation in a rapidly changing America.

Product details

Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 216
Release Date:: 2010-06-01
Publication Date:: 2010-06-01
Publisher:: Yale University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0300154062
ISBN13:: 9780300154061
Weight:: 972 g
Height:: 181 cm
Width:: 258 cm
Thickness:: 24 cm

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