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Wartime Kiss – Visions of the Moment in the 1940s – Alexander Nemerov – HC 2013

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Written by: Alexander NemerovĀ 

Published by: Princeton University Press

Hardcover with Dust JacketĀ 

Printing Date: 2013

ISBN: 9780691145785

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Wartime KissĀ is a personal meditation on the haunting power of American photographs and films from World War II and the later 1940s. Starting with a stunning 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 array of mostly forgotten 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 asĀ Twelve O’Clock HighĀ andĀ 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,Ā Wartime KissĀ 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.

 

Condition:

In Very Good Condition. Includes Dust Jacket that has very light wear, mostly around corners and edges. Book itself is very good, with very light wear on the outside front and back cover. Binding is strong. Inside is very good with clean and crisp pages that have no markings.

 

A-2808

Weight 28 oz
Dimensions 14 × 11 × 3 in
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