Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (699 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810957124 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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He teaches at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science in New York. David Deitcher is a writer, art historian and critic, whose articles have appeared in numerous periodicals. He was the editor of The Question of Equality: Lesbian and Gay Politics in America Since Stonewall.
A collection of rarely seen photographs that provide an entirely fresh perspective on male friendship in the 19th century. The poignant images in more than 100 early photographs, drawn from both public and private collections, suggest a surprisingly broad-minded attitude towards physical intimacy between men, challenging the conventional view of the Victorian era.
"A Wonderfully-Written Book" according to ESM517. I'm not sure where I heard about this book, but I am grateful to the author for writing it. The photographs Deitcher describes and provides for us are beyond words. They provide such a wonderful insight into male friendships/relationships in the 19th Century and are very interesting to look at and ponder. This book is of particular interest to me as I'm currently writing a novel about a great uncle of mine and I have several photographs of him with other men, some more defined than others. But it isn't just the photographs that makes the book so excellent, it is Deitcher's words that. A Wonderfully-Written Book ESM517 I'm not sure where I heard about this book, but I am grateful to the author for writing it. The photographs Deitcher describes and provides for us are beyond words. They provide such a wonderful insight into male friendships/relationships in the 19th Century and are very interesting to look at and ponder. This book is of particular interest to me as I'm currently writing a novel about a great uncle of mine and I have several photographs of him with other men, some more defined than others. But it isn't just the photographs that makes the book so excellent, it is Deitcher's words that. ESM517 said A Wonderfully-Written Book. I'm not sure where I heard about this book, but I am grateful to the author for writing it. The photographs Deitcher describes and provides for us are beyond words. They provide such a wonderful insight into male friendships/relationships in the 19th Century and are very interesting to look at and ponder. This book is of particular interest to me as I'm currently writing a novel about a great uncle of mine and I have several photographs of him with other men, some more defined than others. But it isn't just the photographs that makes the book so excellent, it is Deitcher's words that
The art historian and critic deftly intermingles scholarly research on 19th-century same-sex friendship with his own personal reactions to the photos as a gay man and model pictorial analysis: he consistently picks out the salient details for rigorously accurate description, then moves on to the ambiguities of interpretation. More than 100 images feature pairings, or occasionally small groups, engaged in what to 21st-century eyes are surprisingly demonstrative though never unseemly poses. The pictures compel readers to speculate on the ultimately unknowable mindset of these mostly anonymous sitters. In one, a dapper Victorian gentleman, cigar in hand, casually sits on the lap of another man with pipe in mouth, both looking as if it is the most natural thing in the world. Deitcher's essay turns these thoughts into a dialog on the nature of viewing, posing, desire, and photography itself. Eric Bryant, "Library Journal" Copyright 2001 R