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020			_z9780691145785 (hardback)
020			_z9781400844883 (e-book)
035			_a(CaPaEBR)ebr10624607
035			_a(OCoLC)820326909
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050	1	4	_aD810.P4 _bN46 2013eb
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100	1		_aNemerov, Alexander.
245	1	0	_aWartime kiss _h[electronic resource] : _bvisions of the moment in the 1940s / _cAlexander Nemerov.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2013.
300			_a175 p. : _bill.
490	0		_aEssays in the arts
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Wartime Kiss is a personal meditation on the haunting power of American photographs and films from World War II and the later 1940s. Starting with a powerful reinterpretation of one of the most famous photos of all time, Alfred Eisenstaedt's image of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day, Alexander Nemerov goes on to examine an idiosyncratic collection of mostly obscure or unknown images and movie episodes--from a photo of Jimmy Stewart and Olivia de Havilland lying on a picnic blanket in the Santa Barbara hills to scenes from such films as Twelve O'Clock High and Hold Back the Dawn. Erotically charged and bearing traces of trauma even when they seem far removed from the war, these photos and scenes seem to hold out the promise of a palpable and emotional connection to those years. Through a series of fascinating stories, Nemerov reveals the surprising background of these bits of film and discovers unexpected connections between the war and Hollywood, from an obsession with aviation to Anne Frank's love of the movies. Beautifully written and illustrated, Wartime Kiss vividly evokes a world in which Margaret Bourke-White could follow a heroic assignment photographing a B-17 bombing mission over Tunis with a job in Hollywood documenting the filming of a war movie. Ultimately this is a book about history as a sensuous experience, a work as mysterious, indescribable, and affecting as a novel by W. G. Sebald"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2011. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xPhotography.
650		0	_aHistoriography and photography.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xMotion pictures and the war.
650		0	_aArt and history.
650		0	_aCollective memory.
650		0	_aNineteen forties.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10624607 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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