Tod Papageorge: American Sports 1970 Or, How We Spent the War in Vietnam

Name: Tod Papageorge: American Sports 1970 Or, How We Spent the War in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9781597110501

ISBN-10: 1597110507

ISBN-13: 9781597110501

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tod Papageorge, Tim Davis

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Coolly observational yet intensely engaging, the immensely influential American photographer Tod Papageorge's American Sports, 1970 draws a subtle but sharp parallel between the war in Vietnam and the American attitude toward spectator sports during a time of conflict. In 1970, a watershed year for popular opinion against the war, Papageorge was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation grant. His ostensible subject--sports and its role in American life--quickly became charged with the political, racial and sexual conflicts ignited by the war. Each and every picture is electric with disquiet. Military men in uniform parade across a field or relax in the stands. Cheerleaders rehearse beneath the gaze…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Aperture Foundation, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 132
Size: 10.79" wide x 12.13" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 2.970
Language: English