History and Modern Media: A Personal Journey

by John Mraz

Book Overview

In History and Modern Media, John Mraz largely focuses on Mexican photography and his innovative methodology that examines historical photographs by employing the concepts of genre and function. He developed this method in extensive work on photojournalism; it is tested here through examining two genres: Indianist imagery as an expression of imperial, neo-colonizing, and decolonizing photography, and progressive photography as embodied in worker...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826501443
• ISBN13: 9780826501448
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"