{"product_id":"mass-observation-and-visual-culture-depicting-everyday-lives-in-britain-9781032179377","title":"Mass-Observation and Visual Culture: Depicting Everyday Lives in Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lucy D. Curzon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMass-Observation and Visual Culture: Depicting Everyday Lives in Britain critically analyses the role that visual culture played in the early development of Mass-Observation, the innovative British anthropological research group founded in 1937. The group's production and use of painting, collage, photography, and other media illustrates not only the broad scope of Mass-Observation's efforts to document everyday life, but also, more specifically, the centrality of visual elements to its efforts at understanding national identity in the 1930s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough much interest has previously focused on Mass-Observation's use of written reports and opinion surveys, as well as diaries that were kept by hundreds of volunteer observers, this book is the first full-length study of the group's engagement with visual culture. Exploring the paintings of Graham Bell and William Coldstream; the photographs of Humphrey Spender; the paintings, collages, and photographs of Julian Trevelyan; and Humphrey Spender's photographs and widely recognized 'Mass-Observation film', Spare Time, among other sources, Mass-Observation and Visual Culture: Depicting Everyday Lives in Britain positions these works as key sources of information with regard to illuminating the complex character of British identity during the Depression era. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46930939314327,"sku":"9781032179377","price":3818.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032179377.webp?v=1771609964","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mass-observation-and-visual-culture-depicting-everyday-lives-in-britain-9781032179377","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}