{"product_id":"9780807868409","title":"Southern Cultures: The Photography Issue: Summer 2011","description":"The Cruel Radiance of the Obvious, The 2011 Photography Issue\u003cbr\u003eTom Rankin, Guest Editor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur second Photography issue features full-color photographs by William Eggleston, William Christenberry, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFront Porch\u003cbr\u003eby Harry L. Watson\u003cbr\u003e\"It requires very special talent to make great photographs, and those who have it are among our finest artists.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cruel Radiance of the Obvious\u003cbr\u003eby Tom Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\"Photography in its finest and most decisive moments is about those tired or ignored or unseen parts of our lives, the mundane and worn paths that sit before us so firmly that we cease to notice. It is, we might say, about rebuilding our sight in the face of blindness, of recovering our collective vision.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Studies\u003cbr\u003eby Michael Carlebach\u003cbr\u003e\"Many years ago I concluded that for me truth and beauty, and perhaps wit and wisdom as well, are more likely to reside in what is ordinary and seemingly insignificant. This is, perhaps, a sideways look at America and American culture, but it is one that can produce moments that describe us all, but without makeup and bereft of a spokesperson.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMapping The Democratic Forest\u003cbr\u003eThe Postsouthern Spaces of William Eggleston\u003cbr\u003eby Ben Child\u003cbr\u003e\"When the color photographs of William Eggleston first appeared at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976, the boldness of Eggleston's palette and his disregard for the conventions of black-and-white photography were shocking; nearly all the major critics were scornful, and Ansel Adams wrote a scathing letter of protest.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStereo Propaganda\u003cbr\u003eby Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier\u003cbr\u003e\"In this examination, magic and myth-two of my favorite vehicles-act as buffers to the dominant power structure. It brings together two bodies of collectibles, one personal and one commercial, with the intent of shifting stereotypes about race and southern culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterview\u003cbr\u003e\"Those little color snapshots\": William Christenberry\u003cbr\u003einterviewed by William R. Ferris\u003cbr\u003e\"Santa Claus had brought me and my sister a small Brownie camera in the late 1940s, and I just loaded it with color film and went out to that Alabama landscape and began to photograph what caught my eye.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeroes of Hell Hole Swamp\u003cbr\u003ePhotographs of South Carolina Midwives by Hansel Mieth and W. Eugene Smith\u003cbr\u003eby Dolores Flamiano\u003cbr\u003e\"Mieth and Smith shared a belief that photography could bring social change. They viewed Pat Clark and Maude Callen as heroic healers whose stories would inspire racial understanding. Both photographers shot powerful images of the most visceral human experiences: birth, death, sexuality, and disease.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen Working\u003cbr\u003eby Susan Harbage Page\u003cbr\u003e\"'Rough. It is rough being a female.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot Forgotten\u003cbr\u003eThe Day Is Past and Gone\u003cbr\u003eFamily Photographs from Eastern North Carolina\u003cbr\u003eBy Scott Matthews\u003cbr\u003e\"'It is in fact hard to get the camera to tell the truth; yet it can be made to, in many ways and on many levels. Some of the best photographs we are ever likely to see are innocent domestic snapshots.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll eight articles from this issue of Southern Cultures are also available individually as stand-alone ebooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129088327920,"sku":"9780807868409","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807868409_p0.jpg?v=1763739146","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807868409","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}