The Resource Wartime kiss : visions of the moment in the 1940s, Alexander Nemerov
Wartime kiss : visions of the moment in the 1940s, Alexander Nemerov
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The item Wartime kiss : visions of the moment in the 1940s, Alexander Nemerov represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "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 powerful 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 an idiosyncratic collection of mostly obscure or unknown images and movie episodes--from a photo of Jimmy Stewart and Olivia de Havilland lying on a picnic blanket in the Santa Barbara hills to scenes from such films as Twelve O'Clock High and Hold Back the Dawn. Erotically charged and bearing traces of trauma even when they seem far removed from the war, these photos and scenes seem to hold out the promise of a palpable and emotional connection to those years. Through a series of fascinating stories, Nemerov reveals the surprising background of these bits of film and discovers unexpected connections between the war and Hollywood, from an obsession with aviation to Anne Frank's love of the movies. Beautifully written and illustrated, Wartime Kiss vividly evokes a world in which Margaret Bourke-White could follow a heroic assignment photographing a B-17 bombing mission over Tunis with a job in Hollywood documenting the filming of a war movie. Ultimately this is a book about history as a sensuous experience, a work as mysterious, indescribable, and affecting as a novel by W. G. Sebald"--
- Language
- eng
- Isbn
- 9781283804318
- Label
- Wartime kiss : visions of the moment in the 1940s
- Title
- Wartime kiss
- Title remainder
- visions of the moment in the 1940s
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander Nemerov
- Title variation
- Wartime Kiss: Visions of the Moment in the 1940s (Essays in the Arts)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 powerful 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 an idiosyncratic collection of mostly obscure or unknown images and movie episodes--from a photo of Jimmy Stewart and Olivia de Havilland lying on a picnic blanket in the Santa Barbara hills to scenes from such films as Twelve O'Clock High and Hold Back the Dawn. Erotically charged and bearing traces of trauma even when they seem far removed from the war, these photos and scenes seem to hold out the promise of a palpable and emotional connection to those years. Through a series of fascinating stories, Nemerov reveals the surprising background of these bits of film and discovers unexpected connections between the war and Hollywood, from an obsession with aviation to Anne Frank's love of the movies. Beautifully written and illustrated, Wartime Kiss vividly evokes a world in which Margaret Bourke-White could follow a heroic assignment photographing a B-17 bombing mission over Tunis with a job in Hollywood documenting the filming of a war movie. Ultimately this is a book about history as a sensuous experience, a work as mysterious, indescribable, and affecting as a novel by W. G. Sebald"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nemerov, Alexander
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D810.P4
- LC item number
- N46 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Essays in the arts
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- Historiography and photography
- World War, 1939-1945
- Art and history
- Collective memory
- Nineteen forties
- ART / American / General
- PHOTOGRAPHY / History
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- ART / History / General
- Label
- Wartime kiss : visions of the moment in the 1940s, Alexander Nemerov
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- ebs1753506e
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283804318
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Wartime kiss : visions of the moment in the 1940s, Alexander Nemerov
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- ebs1753506e
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283804318
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
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