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OverviewIn Shooting from the Hip, Patricia Vettel-Becker reveals how photography helped to reconstruct and redefine the American idea of masculinity after the traumas of World War II. She argues that from 1945 to 1960 photography became increasingly concerned with restoring the male body and psyche, glorifying traditional masculinity - cowboys, boxers, athletes, military men - while treading carefully in an increasingly homophobic Cold War climate. Examining photojournalism as well as art and fashion photography, Shooting from the Hip finds in the crisp images of postwar photography five models of masculinity - the breadwinner, the action hero, the tough guy, the playboy, and the rebel. Vettel- Becker shows how the professionalization of photography itself was an attempt by male photographers to identify themselves as breadwinners. She goes on to analyze combat photography, exposing its valorization of action, subjugation of the enemy, and the use of the blurred shot to signify credibility. She links street photography - heir to Depression-era social documentary - with hard-boiled crime photography, exemplified in the works of William Klein and Weegee. And sexualized fashion models and their relationships with photographers, such as Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, fuel the ideal of the consummate playboy. Finally, Vettel-Becker demonstrates the authentic and sometimes rebellious nature of the male body as presented by sports photographers and others influenced by the Beat generation, including Robert Frank and Bruce Davidson. Taking a wide view of postwar photography, Vettel-Becker presents it as the triumph of a new form of modernist photography, centered on individual expression and the seductive image of the male body, and stimulated by a quest for the existential truth of masculinity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patricia Vettel-BeckerPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.472kg ISBN: 9780816643028ISBN 10: 0816643024 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 March 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Gendering Photographic Practice: Amateurs, Breadwinners, and Artists 2. Combat Photography: Adventurers, Heroes, and Martyrs 3. Tough Guys in the City: Cameramen and Street Photographers 4. Female Body: Artists, Models, Playboys, and Femininity 5. Masculine Triumph: The Male Body, the Beats, and Existentialist Modernism Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPatricia Vettel-Becker is assistant professor of art history at Montana State University, Billings and author of articles that have appeared in American Art, Art Journal, Men and Masculinities, and Genders. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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