Summoning Pearl Harbor
Nemerov, Alexander2017
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'Summoning Pearl Harbor' is a mesmerising display of linguistic force that redefines remembering. How do words make the past appear? In what way does the historian summon bygone events? What is this kind of remembering, and for whom do we recall the dead, or the past? In this highly original meditation on the past, renowned art historian Alexander Nemerov delves into what it means to recall a significant event - Pearl Harbor - and how descriptions of images can summon it back to life. Beginning with the photo album of a former Japanese kamikaze pilot, Nemerov transports the reader into a different world through his engagement with the photographs and the construction of a narrative around them.
Main title:
Summoning Pearl Harbor / Alexander Nemerov.
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Imprint:
New York : David Zwirner Gallery, 2017.New York : David Zwirner Gallery, 2017.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations.
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ISBN:
9781941701652 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5426693
Language:
English
BRN:
1790621