Images at War

Illustrated Periodicals and Constructed Nations

Michèle Martin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2006
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-0-8020-3757-2 (ISBN)

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Using the press coverage of the Franco-Prussian war as a starting point, Michèle Martin's Images at War examines nineteenth-century illustrated periodicals published in France, Germany, England, and Canada (with references also to Italy and the United States), and argues that periodicals during this period worked to reinforce particular national identities.

Images in periodicals played an essential role in how the concept of nationalism was expressed and reproduced, usually by pitting cultures and countries against one another. These illustrated periodicals helped to shape nations where nations had not previously existed - such as with Germany, Italy, and Canada, which were only just coming into their own as states. In war, Martin observes, these documents also represented a non-verbal method of communicating emotionally trying, politically challenging, and oftentimes contradictory information to the public, literate and non-literate alike.

The history of nineteenth-century illustrated papers underscores their legitimacy as a form of journalism. They were more than a commodity produced for profit; they offered serious reflection and commentary on the times designed by editors to have specific effects on the readers. Images at War is a much-needed study of this early news medium and its part in the construction of nationalism in the midst of war.

Michèle Martin is a professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Eyes of the Readers

The Illustrated Press in Its Sociopolitical Context

The Transformation of the Nineteenth-Century Press
The Franco-Prussian War in Context
Making Choices

The Production of Illustrations in Content

The Politics of Visual Representation
Producing Illustrated Newspapers
Contextualizing Production of Illustrations

Making History

Illustrating War
Technical Means and the Discrepancy of Circulationbetween Images and Texts
Making Stories?

Feeding Memories

Choosing What to Remember
The Illustrated Periodicals Analyse the War
A Post-Mortem of Some Participants
Post-War Effects
Makers of National Memories

Preparing for War Coverage

Taking Positions
Breaking the News: A Franco-Prussian War Is On!
Ruptures
Food for Thought

Managing the Unexpected, Boosting National Feelings

Political Ruptures
Periodical Ruptures
Front and Back Pages
Elements of Comparison

Conclusion: Constructing Memories

Ways of Seeing the War
Images versus Texts
Mediated Content
Launching a Process of Memorization

Notes

Illustration Credits

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.5.2006
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 237 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
ISBN-10	0-8020-3757-7 / 0802037577
ISBN-13	978-0-8020-3757-2 / 9780802037572
Zustand	Neuware