American Visual Cultures analyses the role of painting, photography, film, television, advertising, journalism and other visual media in the historical developm

Visual culture - art, advertising, architecture, cinema, television, cartography, video, the internet and images of science - has shaped American national ident

The fight for racial equality in the nineteenth century played out not only in marches and political conventions but also in the print and visual culture create

In analyses of tattoo contests, advertising, and modern primitive photographs, the book shows how images of tattooed bodies communicate and disrupt notions of g

"A compelling and challenging work."—Frances K. Pohl, author of Framing America "Berger is unafraid to tackle the major issues, and this book shows it."—Bru