How the Other Half Looks

Sara Blair

earliest edition we have, 2016 Princeton University Press, 2020 304 pages

New York City's Lower East Side, long viewed as the space of what Jacob Riis notoriously called the "other half," was also a crucible for experimentation in photography, film, literature, and visual technologies. This book takes an unprecedented look at the practices of observation that emerged from this critical site of encounter, showing how they have informed literary and everyday narratives of America, its citize...

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How the Other Half Looks edition · 2020 · Princeton University Press · 304 pages · 9780691202877
How the Other Half Looks edition · 2018 · Princeton University Press · 304 pages · 9781400889242
How the Other Half Looks edition · 2016 · Princeton University Press · 304 pages · 9780691172224

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