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Pictures of longing : photography and the Norwegian-American migration

Title

Pictures of longing : photography and the Norwegian-American migration / Sigrid Lien ; translated by Barbara Sjoholm.

Author

Lien, Sigrid, 1958-

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
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Additional Authors

Sjoholm, Barbara, 1950-

Description

x, 290 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Between 1836 and 1915, in what has been called history's largest population migration, more than 750,000 Norwegians emigrated to North America. Writing home, the newcomers sent thousands of pictures--America-photographs, as they are called in Norway. In these photographs, the emigrant experience unfolds as framed by thousands of Norwegian transplants in towns, cities, and rural communities across America. Pictures of Longing brings more than 250 America-photographs into focus as a moving account of Norwegian migration in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, conceived of and crafted by its photographer-authors to shape and reshape their story. To clarify the historic nature and the cultural function of the America-photographs, art historian and photography scholar Sigrid Lien located thousands of the photographs in public and private archives and museums in Norway and the United States. Reading these photographs alongside letters sent home by Norwegian immigrants, Lien provides the first comprehensive account of this collective photographic practice involving "the voice of the many." Pictures of Longing shows, in fascinating detail, how the photographs, like the accompanying letters, contribute to the cultural grassroots expression of Norwegian migration. They steer us toward multiple, fragmented, and dispersed histories and also complement the existing fabric of established historical narratives, demonstrating photography's potential to engage with history."--Amazon.com.

Uniform Title

Lengselens bilder. English

Alternative Title

Lengselens bilder.

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.
Sources.

Note

Originally published: Oslo : SAP, ©2009 under title: Lengselens bilder.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: "Send us your portraits": Letters and pictures in the history of emigration -- The glass plates in the tobacco barn: Andrew Dahl's photographic production -- Views from Main Street: small-town photographers in Minnesota -- Last seen alone on the prairie: emigration and the unseen female photographers -- Place and the rhythm of life: Peter J. Rosendahl's photographs from Spring Grove -- Out of cupboards and drawers: America-photography in Norwegian rural communities -- Saved from oblivion: photography in the chronicles of Norwegian-American families -- Conclusion: "God, how I have longed": America-photographs as interventions -- Norwegian-American photographers, 1860-1960.

Call Number

JQE 19-252

ISBN

9781517901981
1517901987
9781517901998
1517901995

LCCN

2018008705

OCLC

1031047678

Author

Lien, Sigrid, 1958- author.

Title

Pictures of longing : photography and the Norwegian-American migration / Sigrid Lien ; translated by Barbara Sjoholm.

Publisher

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Sjoholm, Barbara, 1950- translator.

Translation Of:

Other Form:

Online version: Lien, Sigrid, 1958- Pictures of longing. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018] 9781452957944 (DLC) 2018026786

Research Call Number

JQE 19-252

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