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Synopsis
What does it mean when we say someone is cool? This luminous collection of portraits and film stills sheds new light on the term, its origins, and its evolution―with some surprising and provocative results. The term “cool” has become such a part of America’s modern lexicon that it seems to have lost its meaning. This stellar collection of photographs from the National Portrait Gallery and from prominent artists, museums, and archives nationwide would argue otherwise. The idea of cool is not only older than we think―it’s also constantly changing, aided by the mediums of portraiture and film. Readers will find unexpected and familiar faces here: Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, and Georgia O’Keeffe, as well as James Dean, Bob Dylan, and Chrissie Hynde. In perceptive essays, Joel Dinerstein investigates the evolution of cool from the 1930s to the present while Frank Goodyear explores how the mediums of film and photography have helped define the term. An extensive selection of one hundred chronologically arranged portraits, with biographical information about each subject, profiles major eras and movements of the past decades, each with its own brand of coolness. Exploring cultural icons, this volume encourages readers to find new meaning and depth in the idea of American cool.
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About the Author
Joel Dinerstein is the James H. Clark Endowed Chair in American Civilization at Tulane University and the director of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South. Frank H. Goodyear III is co-director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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"Stunning photographs that explore the evolution of the word 'cool.'"
—People Magazine
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- PublisherPrestel
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 3791353497
- ISBN 13 9783791353494
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages196
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