Cara A Finnegan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4790249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cara A Finnegan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cara A |
| FAMILY NAME | Finnegan |
| SIGNATURE | FINNEGAN C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0874-1829 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Visual Rhetoric in Flux: A Conversation
In this conversation series, we discuss some of the enduring and evolving interests that the subfield of visual rhetoric provokes for us. We begin with how we found visual rhetoric; questions of disciplinarity and methodology; issues of archive and field; concerns about the objects and scenes for visual rhetoric; and conclude with a focus on the future, core and evolving concepts, and pedagogy
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Golden Prospects: Daguerreotypes of the California Gold Rush. By Jane L. Aspinwall with Keith F. Davis. Foreword by Julián Zugazagoitia
Golden Prospects: Daguerreotypes of the California Gold Rush. By Jane L. Aspinwall with Keith F. Davis. Foreword by Julián Zugazagoitia Golden Prospects: Daguerreotypes of the California Gold Rush. By Jane L. Aspinwall with Keith F. Davis Foreword by Julián Zugazagoitia. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. 166 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, $50.00.) Cara A Finnegan Cara A Finnegan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ema…
Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor
Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor. By Tanya Sheehan. (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2018. xiv, 202 pp. Cloth, $49.95. Paper, $29.95.) Heavily illustrated. Cara A Finnegan Cara A Finnegan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 107, Issu…
The daguerreotype, republican style and theories of the public image
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Still Life with Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics
In 2004, Jiyeon Kang and I argued in the pages of this journal that our foundational theories of the public were too steeped in iconoclasm, or fear of images. We argued that what was needed instead
Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture
Journal Article Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture Get access By Sharon Ann Musher. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. xii, 293 pp. $45.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Page 243, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw117 Published: 01 June 2016
Slave Photographs in Lincoln
Other| March 01 2015 Slave Photographs in Lincoln Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan is Conrad Humanities Professorial Scholar in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research examines the role of photography in public life. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2015) 18 (1): 129–134…
Art Controversy in the O bama W hite H ouse: Performing Tensions of Race in the Visual Politics of the Presidency
In 2009, two works by A frican A merican artists selected for display in the W hite H ouse produced controversy among critics of the president. Our analysis explores how media discussion involving a C harles A lston bust of Dr. M artin L uther K ing, Jr., and an abstract painting by A lma T homas unearthed cultural tensions involving the practice of imitation, the value of presence, and the role of Black art and artists. Such tensions shaped the …
Carol Quirke. Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class
Journal Article Carol Quirke. Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class. Get access Carol Quirke. Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class. New York: Oxford University Press. 2012. Pp. xi, 358. $29.95. Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 118, Issue 4, October …
Before The Rhetorical Presidency
Lewis Hine as Social Critic
Book Review| December 01 2010 Lewis Hine as Social Critic Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Kate Sampsell-Willmann. Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2010) 13 (4): 741–745. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940515 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cara A. Finnegan; Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Rhetoric and Pub…
What is StoryCorps, Anyway
This review draws on conversations the four coauthors had about the StoryCorps phenomenon, which we appreciate as a provocative, contemporary example of the public use of oral narratives. Like many...
Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field
Sighting” the public: Iconoclasm and public sphere theory
This essay considers the ways that iconoclasm, or the will to control images and vision, appears in canonical and contemporary public sphere theory. John Dewey and Jürgen Habermas enact a paradoxical relation to visuality by repudiating a mass culture of images while preferring “good” images and vision. Yet even when advocating for good vision, both theorists activate a subtle iconoclasm that operates as a perennial tension in their work. The ess…
Sighting” the public: Iconoclasm and public sphere theory
This essay considers the ways that iconoclasm, or the will to control images and vision, appears in canonical and contemporary public sphere theory. John Dewey and Jürgen Habermas enact a paradoxical relation to visuality by repudiating a mass culture of images while preferring “good” images and vision. Yet even when advocating for good vision, both theorists activate a subtle iconoclasm that operates as a perennial tension in their work. The ess…
Visual Rhetoric in Flux: A Conversation
In this conversation series, we discuss some of the enduring and evolving interests that the subfield of visual rhetoric provokes for us. We begin with how we found visual rhetoric; questions of disciplinarity and methodology; issues of archive and field; concerns about the objects and scenes for visual rhetoric; and conclude with a focus on the future, core and evolving concepts, and pedagogy
The daguerreotype, republican style and theories of the public image
Preview this article: The daguerreotype, republican style and theories of the public image, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/eme/17/4/eme.17.4.459-1.gif
Art Controversy in the O bama W hite H ouse: Performing Tensions of Race in the Visual Politics of the Presidency
In 2009, two works by A frican A merican artists selected for display in the W hite H ouse produced controversy among critics of the president. Our analysis explores how media discussion involving a C harles A lston bust of Dr. M artin L uther K ing, Jr., and an abstract painting by A lma T homas unearthed cultural tensions involving the practice of imitation, the value of presence, and the role of Black art and artists. Such tensions shaped the …
Lewis Hine as Social Critic
Book Review| December 01 2010 Lewis Hine as Social Critic Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Kate Sampsell-Willmann. Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2010) 13 (4): 741–745. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940515 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cara A. Finnegan; Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Rhetoric and Pub…
Sighting” the public: Iconoclasm and public sphere theory
This essay considers the ways that iconoclasm, or the will to control images and vision, appears in canonical and contemporary public sphere theory. John Dewey and Jürgen Habermas enact a paradoxical relation to visuality by repudiating a mass culture of images while preferring “good” images and vision. Yet even when advocating for good vision, both theorists activate a subtle iconoclasm that operates as a perennial tension in their work. The ess…
What is StoryCorps, Anyway
This review draws on conversations the four coauthors had about the StoryCorps phenomenon, which we appreciate as a provocative, contemporary example of the public use of oral narratives. Like many...
Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field
Lewis Hine as Social Critic
Book Review| December 01 2010 Lewis Hine as Social Critic Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Kate Sampsell-Willmann. Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2010) 13 (4): 741–745. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940515 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cara A. Finnegan; Lewis Hine as Social Critic. Rhetoric and Pub…
Before The Rhetorical Presidency
Carol Quirke. Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class
Journal Article Carol Quirke. Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class. Get access Carol Quirke. Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class. New York: Oxford University Press. 2012. Pp. xi, 358. $29.95. Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 118, Issue 4, October …
Art Controversy in the O bama W hite H ouse: Performing Tensions of Race in the Visual Politics of the Presidency
In 2009, two works by A frican A merican artists selected for display in the W hite H ouse produced controversy among critics of the president. Our analysis explores how media discussion involving a C harles A lston bust of Dr. M artin L uther K ing, Jr., and an abstract painting by A lma T homas unearthed cultural tensions involving the practice of imitation, the value of presence, and the role of Black art and artists. Such tensions shaped the …
Slave Photographs in Lincoln
Other| March 01 2015 Slave Photographs in Lincoln Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan Cara A. Finnegan is Conrad Humanities Professorial Scholar in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research examines the role of photography in public life. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2015) 18 (1): 129–134…
Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture
Journal Article Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture Get access By Sharon Ann Musher. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. xii, 293 pp. $45.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Page 243, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw117 Published: 01 June 2016
Still Life with Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics
In 2004, Jiyeon Kang and I argued in the pages of this journal that our foundational theories of the public were too steeped in iconoclasm, or fear of images. We argued that what was needed instead
The daguerreotype, republican style and theories of the public image
Preview this article: The daguerreotype, republican style and theories of the public image, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/eme/17/4/eme.17.4.459-1.gif
Read Before Archiving
Golden Prospects: Daguerreotypes of the California Gold Rush. By Jane L. Aspinwall with Keith F. Davis. Foreword by Julián Zugazagoitia
Golden Prospects: Daguerreotypes of the California Gold Rush. By Jane L. Aspinwall with Keith F. Davis. Foreword by Julián Zugazagoitia Golden Prospects: Daguerreotypes of the California Gold Rush. By Jane L. Aspinwall with Keith F. Davis Foreword by Julián Zugazagoitia. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. 166 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, $50.00.) Cara A Finnegan Cara A Finnegan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ema…
Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor
Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor. By Tanya Sheehan. (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2018. xiv, 202 pp. Cloth, $49.95. Paper, $29.95.) Heavily illustrated. Cara A Finnegan Cara A Finnegan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 107, Issu…
Visual Rhetoric in Flux: A Conversation
In this conversation series, we discuss some of the enduring and evolving interests that the subfield of visual rhetoric provokes for us. We begin with how we found visual rhetoric; questions of disciplinarity and methodology; issues of archive and field; concerns about the objects and scenes for visual rhetoric; and conclude with a focus on the future, core and evolving concepts, and pedagogy
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