Wartime Kiss: Visions of the Moment in the 1940s

by Alexander Nemerov

Book Overview

A deeply personal meditation on the haunting power of American photos and films of the 1940s

Wartime Kiss is a personal meditation on the haunting power of American photographs and films from World War II and the later 1940s. Starting with a stunning reinterpretation of one of the most famous photos of all time, Alfred Eisenstaedt's image of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day, Alexander Nemerov goes on to examine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691145784
• ISBN13: 9780691145785
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"