Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
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Introduction: Plausible fictions of the real -- From 'culture' to 'cultural work': literature and labor between the wars -- The road to somewhere: locating knowledge in Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke-White's You have seen their faces (1937) -- Moving violations: stasis and mobility in James Agee's and Walker Evans's Let us now praise famous men (1941) -- From eye to we: Richard Wright's 12 million black voices, documentary, and pedagogy -- 'We Americans': Henry Luce, life, and the mind-guided camera -- Epilogue: depression documentary and the knot of history.
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Caldwell, Erskine,1903-1987.You have seen their faces.
Agee, James,1909-1955.Let us now praise famous men.
Wright, Richard,1908-1960.12 million black voices.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature , 20th century - History and criticism.
Documentary photography - United States - History , 20th century.
Modernism (Literature) - United States.
Literature and photography - United States - History , 20th century.