Research Catalog

Title

Picher, Oklahoma : catastrophe, memory, and trauma / photography by Todd Stewart ; essay by Alison Fields.

Author

Stewart, Todd, 1963-

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

Fields, Alison, 1979-

Description

xix, 204 pages; 27 cm.

Summary

"Explores the dissolution of Picher, Oklahoma, a historic mining town that is now abandoned. Declared part of the Tar Creek Superfund Site in 1984 and then described as the country's most toxic site, Picher was hit by a tornado in 2008 and sustained widespread destruction, forcing remaining residents to leave. By examining landscapes and physical artifacts, Stewart and Fields combine a series of photographs that document the town's entangled identities with accompanying essays that detail the way memory can become dislocated and reframed by traumatic environmental events"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

The Charles M. Russell Center series on art and photography of the American West ; volume 20

Uniform Title

Charles M. Russell Center series on art and photography of the American West ; v. 20.

Subject

• Abandoned buildings > Picher > Pictorial works
• Ghost towns > Oklahoma > Pictorial works
• Hazardous waste sites > Oklahoma > Pictorial works
• Landscape photography > Picher
• Memory > Social aspects > Picher
• Picher (Okla.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works
• Picher (Okla.) > Environmental conditions
• Picher (Okla.) > Pictorial works
• Picher (Okla.) > Social conditions
• Tornado damage > Picher > Pictorial works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

History and memory -- Artifacts -- Structures -- Landscape.

ISBN

• 9780806151656
• 080615165X

LCCN

2015024268

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library