A planetary lens : the photo-poetics of Western women's writing

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Label

A planetary lens : the photo-poetics of Western women's writing

Title remainder

the photo-poetics of Western women's writing

Statement of responsibility

Audrey Goodman

Creator

• Goodman, Audrey, 1966-
• Goodman, Audrey, 1966-

Author

• Goodman, Audrey, 1966-
• Goodman, Audrey, 1966-

Subject

• American literature -- Women authors
• American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
• American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• History
• LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
• Landscape photography
• Landscape photography -- Southwestern States
• Landscape photography -- Southwestern States
• Literary criticism
• Literary criticism
• Literary criticism
• Literature and photography
• Literature and photography -- Southwestern States
• Literature and photography -- Southwestern States
• Photography
• Photography -- Southwestern States -- History
• Photography -- Southwestern States -- History
• Southwestern States -- In literature
• Southwestern States -- Intellectual life
• Southwestern States -- Intellectual life
• United States -- Southwestern States
• ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes
• American literature
• American literature -- Southwestern States -- History and criticism
• American literature -- Southwestern States -- History and criticism

Genre

• Literary criticism
• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"A Planetary Lens delves into the history of the photo-book, the materiality of the photographic image on the page, and the cultural significance of landscape to reassess the value of print, to locate the sites where stories resonate, and to listen to western women's voices. From foundational California photographers Anne Brigman and Alma Lavenson to contemporary Native poets and writers Leslie Marmon Silko and Joy Harjo, women artists have used photographs to generate stories and to map routes across time and place. A Planetary Lens illuminates the richness and theoretical sophistication of such composite texts. Looking beyond the ideologies of wilderness, migration, and progress that have shaped settler and popular conceptions of the region, A Planetary Lens shows how many artists gather and assemble images and texts to reimagine landscape, identity, and history in the U.S. West. Based on extensive research into the production, publication, and circulation of women's photo-texts, A Planetary Lens offers a fresh perspective on the entangled and gendered histories of western American photography and literature and new models for envisioning regional relations. "--

Member of

• Postwestern horizons

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Postwestern horizons