Picturing Dogs, Seeing Ourselves: Vintage American Photographs

by Ann-Janine Morey

Book Overview

Dogs are as ubiquitous in American culture as white picket fences and apple pie, embracing all the meanings of wholesome domestic life--family, fidelity, comfort, protection, nurturance, and love--as well as symbolizing some of the less palatable connotations of home and family, including domination, subservience, and violence. In Picturing Dogs, Seeing Ourselves, Ann-Janine Morey presents a collection of antique photographs of dogs and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271063319
• ISBN13: 9780271063317
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.1" x 9.3"