Photomurals: Fotografische Wandbilder in Transnationalen Aushandlungsprozessen Zwischen Mexiko Und Den USA [German]

by Johanna Spanke

The photographic wall-mounted work, the so-called photomural, became an epitome of the USA's national art in the 1930s; also as a counter-design to Mexican muralism. For the first time, Johanna Spanke analyzes the extent to which the rise of the photomural can be seen as emerging from a process of mediation between Mexico and the United States; one in which national identity constructs and discourses of modernity played a part, as well as negotiated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3110789248
• ISBN13: 9783110789249
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.7" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary