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Naomi Harris : EUSA

Title: Naomi Harris : EUSA / Naomi Harris ; [e-mail conversation, Erik Kessels, Carolina Miranda].
Author: Harris, Naomi, 1973-
Publication: Heidelberg : Kehrer Heidelberg ©2017.

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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

EUSA documents American-themed places in Europe and European-themed places in America. Primarily portraiture, the photos are sentimental and idealized, a reaction to the homogenized, indistinguishable common world community, a direct result of globalization. In Olde-World towns in California, Wisconsin or Iowa the respective Danish, Swiss, or Dutch heritage being celebrated is ostensibly that of a significant segment of the local population and reflects a desire for authenticity. In other places the heritage is blatantly designed and marketed purely for its entertainment and touristic value. This is also the case with many of the Western theme-parks visited in Europe. Many of the pictures make it hard to locate when and where they where taken: are we in the US or somewhere in Europe? 'E.U.S.A.' is an ambitious project that raises questions about authenticity, cultural identity, and appropriation, about the function of other-directed places and their enduring appeal.

Alternative Title

EUSA
E.U.S.A.

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Note

Photographs and texts by Naomi Harris.

Call Number

JQE 18-43

ISBN

9783868288254
3868288252

OCLC

1004725943

Author

Harris, Naomi, 1973-

Title

Naomi Harris : EUSA / Naomi Harris ; [e-mail conversation, Erik Kessels, Carolina Miranda].

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Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Kessels, Erik.

Miranda, Carolina.

Research Call Number

JQE 18-43

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