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Ben Shahn's American Scene: Photographs, 1938 Paperback - 2010

by John Raeburn; Ben Shahn (Photographer)


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The paintings, murals, and graphics of Ben Shahn (1898-1969) have made him one of the most heralded American artists of the twentieth century, but during the 1930s he was also among the nation's premier photographers. Much of his photographic work was sponsored by the New Deal's Farm Security Administration, where his colleagues included Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans.

Ben Shahn's American Scene: Photographs, 1938 presents one hundred superb photographs from his most ambitious FSA project, a survey of small-town life in the Depression. John Raeburn's accompanying text illuminates the thematic and formal significance of individual photographs and reveals how, taken together, they address key cultural and political issues of the years leading up to World War II. Shahn's photographs highlight conflicts between traditional values and the newer ones introduced by modernity as represented by the movies, chain stores, and the tantalizing allure of consumer goods, and they are particularly rich in observation about the changes brought about by Americans' universal reliance on the automobile. They also explore the small town's standing as the nation's symbol of democratic community and expose the discriminatory social and racial practices that subverted this ideal in 1930s America.

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  • Title Ben Shahn's American Scene: Photographs, 1938
  • Author John Raeburn; Ben Shahn (Photographer)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press
  • Date 2010-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780252077159 / 0252077156
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 9.8 x 0.5 in (21.34 x 24.89 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Social problems in art, Shahn, Ben - Criticism and interpretation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010007691
  • Dewey Decimal Code 770.977

About the author

John Raeburn is a professor of American studies and English at the University of Iowa. He is the editor of, most recently, A Staggering Revolution: A Cultural History of Thirties Photography.

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